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Raw OLRC USLM XML zips @ release 119-100 (retrieved 2026-07-04 via
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legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-53/section-1044b.md

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+title: "10 U.S.C. § 1044b"
+description: "Military powers of attorney: requirement for recognition by States"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 10
+title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
+chapter_number: "53"
+chapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS"
+section: "1044b"
+citation: "10 U.S.C. § 1044b"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
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+---
+
+# 10 U.S.C. § 1044b - Military powers of attorney: requirement for recognition by States
+
+## Text
+
+(a) Instruments To Be Given Legal Effect Without Regard to State Law.— A military power of attorney—
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+(1) is exempt from any requirement of form, substance, formality, or recording that is provided for powers of attorney under the laws of a State; and
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+(2) shall be given the same legal effect as a power of attorney prepared and executed in accordance with the laws of the State concerned.
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+(b) Military Power of Attorney.— For purposes of this section, a military power of attorney is any general or special power of attorney that is notarized in accordance with section 1044a of this title or other applicable State or Federal law.
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+(c) Statement To Be Included.— (1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, each military power of attorney shall contain a statement that sets forth the provisions of subsection (a).
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+(2) Paragraph (1) shall not be construed to make inapplicable the provisions of subsection (a) to a military power of attorney that does not include a statement described in that paragraph.
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+(d) State Defined.— In this section, the term “State” includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and a possession of the United States.
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+(Added Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title V, § 574(a), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1674.)