{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-16-47-213","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 16-47-213","heading":"Acknowledgments by persons serving in or with the armed forces of the United States within or without the United States","body":"In addition to the acknowledgment of instruments in the manner and form and as otherwise authorized by this act, persons serving in or with the armed forces of the United States or their dependents may acknowledge the same wherever located before any commissioned officer in active service of the armed forces of the United States with the rank of second lieutenant or higher in the Army, Air Force or Marine Corps, or ensign or higher in the Navy or United States Coast Guard. The instrument shall not be rendered invalid by the failure to state therein the place of execution or acknowledgment. No authentication of the officer's certificate of acknowledgment shall be required but the officer taking the acknowledgment shall endorse thereon or attach thereto a certificate substantially in the following form: Click here to view form. Acts 1943, No. 169, § 11; 1961, No. 16, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 49-111.\n\nIn addition to the acknowledgment of instruments in the manner and form and as otherwise authorized by this act, persons serving in or with the armed forces of the United States or their dependents may acknowledge the same wherever located before any commissioned officer in active service of the armed forces of the United States with the rank of second lieutenant or higher in the Army, Air Force or Marine Corps, or ensign or higher in the Navy or United States Coast Guard. The instrument shall not be rendered invalid by the failure to state therein the place of execution or acknowledgment. No authentication of the officer's certificate of acknowledgment shall be required but the officer taking the acknowledgment shall endorse thereon or attach thereto a certificate substantially in the following form:\n\nClick here to view form.\n\nActs 1943, No. 169, § 11; 1961, No. 16, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 49-111.\n\n47_213_1 - Attachment","path":["AR Code","Title 16","Chapter 47","Subchapter 2"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"91e47f68d28aef4b83e2f51aece4a5e1c05ae26b410ce1d1a90787cf124c8fc1","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-16-47-212","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-16-47-214"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}