§ 300. Acknowledgments and proofs by persons in or with the armed
forces of the United States. The acknowledgment or proof of a conveyance
of real property situate in this state, if made by a person enlisted or
commissioned in or serving in or with the armed forces of the United
States or by a dependent of any such person, wherever located, or by a
person attached to or accompanying the armed forces of the United
States, whether made within or without the United States, may be made
before any officer in active service of the armed forces of the United
States authorized to act as a notary in any component part of the armed
forces of the United States.

In addition to the requirements of sections three hundred and three,
three hundred and four, and three hundred and six of this chapter, the
certificate of an acknowledgment or proof taken under this section shall
state (a) the rank and serial number of the officer taking the same, and
the command to which he is attached, (b) that the person making such
acknowledgment or proof was, at the time of making the same, enlisted or
commissioned in or serving in or with the armed forces of the United
States or the dependent of such a person, or a person attached to or
accompanying the armed forces of the United States, and (c) the serial
number of the person who makes, or whose dependent makes the
acknowledgment or proof if such person is enlisted or commissioned in
the armed forces of the United States. The place where such
acknowledgment or proof is taken need not be disclosed.

No authentication of the officer's certificate of acknowledgment or
proof shall be required.

Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this section, the
acknowledgment or proof of a conveyance of real property situate in this
state may also be made as provided in sections two hundred ninety-eight,
two hundred ninety-nine, two hundred ninety-nine-a, three hundred one,
and three hundred one-a, of this chapter.