Okla. Stat. tit. 72, § 72-50.2
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Rank of officer - Spouse's acknowledgment -
Official statutory text
Authentication - Acknowledgment before notary.
The deed of any person, for the conveyance of real estate within
this state, or for any other purpose, powers of attorneys, and other
instruments requiring acknowledgments or the taking and subscribing
of oaths, may, if such person is engaged in the military service of
the United States, be acknowledged before any officer in said
service of the rank of Sergeant or higher, and, if such person is
engaged in the naval service of the United States, before any
officer of the rank of Petty Officer or higher, and, if such person
is engaged in any other armed service of the United States, before
any officer of a rank corresponding to those mentioned above; and
such deeds, powers of attorneys, and other instruments so
acknowledged shall be accepted and recorded in this state in the
same manner as if taken before any officer now authorized by the
laws of this state to take such acknowledgments. Provided further,
that if the acknowledgment of any person herein be of such a nature
as to require a joint or separate acknowledgment of his or her
spouse, the officers designated herein shall have power to take the
acknowledgment of such spouse, and instruments upon which such
acknowledgments appear shall be entitled to recording under the laws
of this state. No authentication of an officer's certificate of
acknowledgment shall be required, but the officer taking the
acknowledgment or subscription shall sign his name and set forth his
rank or title and branch of service, and such statement by said
officer as to his rank, title and branch of service, and his home
address, shall be prima facie evidence thereof. Nothing herein
shall be construed as preventing any person named herein from
acknowledging instruments before a notary public or other officer of
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this or any other state or foreign country whose acknowledgments are
recognized for the purpose of recording under the laws of this
state.
The deed of any person, for the conveyance of real estate within
this state, or for any other purpose, powers of attorneys, and other
instruments requiring acknowledgments or the taking and subscribing
of oaths, may, if such person is engaged in the military service of
the United States, be acknowledged before any officer in said
service of the rank of Sergeant or higher, and, if such person is
engaged in the naval service of the United States, before any
officer of the rank of Petty Officer or higher, and, if such person
is engaged in any other armed service of the United States, before
any officer of a rank corresponding to those mentioned above; and
such deeds, powers of attorneys, and other instruments so
acknowledged shall be accepted and recorded in this state in the
same manner as if taken before any officer now authorized by the
laws of this state to take such acknowledgments. Provided further,
that if the acknowledgment of any person herein be of such a nature
as to require a joint or separate acknowledgment of his or her
spouse, the officers designated herein shall have power to take the
acknowledgment of such spouse, and instruments upon which such
acknowledgments appear shall be entitled to recording under the laws
of this state. No authentication of an officer's certificate of
acknowledgment shall be required, but the officer taking the
acknowledgment or subscription shall sign his name and set forth his
rank or title and branch of service, and such statement by said
officer as to his rank, title and branch of service, and his home
address, shall be prima facie evidence thereof. Nothing herein
shall be construed as preventing any person named herein from
acknowledging instruments before a notary public or other officer of
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this or any other state or foreign country whose acknowledgments are
recognized for the purpose of recording under the laws of this
state.
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