§ 19-204. Effect of notarial acts

   (a) Legal, valid, and binding. -- An acknowledgment of an instrument, attestation of a document, administration of an oath or affirmation, execution of a deposition or affidavit, and performance of other notarial acts made or taken in accordance with this subtitle is legal, valid, and binding under the same circumstances, and with the same force and effect as if the acknowledgment, attestation, oath, affirmation, deposition, affidavit, or other notarial act had been made or taken within the State before or by a duly qualified officer or official as otherwise provided by law.

(b) Admissibility in evidence. -- Instruments and documents that are acknowledged, authenticated, or sworn to in accordance with this subtitle are admissible in evidence and eligible to record in the State under the same circumstances, and with the same force and effect, as if the acknowledgment, attestation, oath, affirmation, deposition, affidavit, or other notarial act had been made or taken within the State before or by a duly qualified officer or official as otherwise provided by law.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 18, § 15; 1997, ch. 31, § 1.