2005 Idaho Code - 55-705 — BY WHOM TAKEN -- MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES

                                  TITLE  55
                             PROPERTY IN GENERAL
                                  CHAPTER 7
                               ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    55-705.  BY WHOM TAKEN -- MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. Any officer of any
component of any branch of the armed forces of the United States as may be
designated to take a deposition, shall have the general powers of a notary
public in the administration of oaths, the execution and acknowledgment of
legal instruments, the attestation of documents and all other forms of
notarial acts to be executed by persons in any of the armed forces of the
United States or subject to military or naval law and/or their wives and/or
dependents.
    Such an acknowledgment or oath, whether heretofore or hereafter so taken
within or without the state of Idaho or the United States and whether with or
without seal or stamp, shall have the same force and effect as an
acknowledgment or oath before a notary public duly commissioned by and
residing in the state of Idaho. Recital in the certificate of such officer
that he holds the office stated in the certificate and that the affiant is a
member of the armed forces or subject to military or naval law, or wife or
dependent of such member, shall be prima facie evidence of such facts.