3-1-404. Taking acknowledgments and affidavits. Each of the justices of the supreme court and judges of the district courts has power in any part of the state, and every justice of the peace within his county, to take and certify:
     (1) the proof and acknowledgment of a conveyance of real property or of any other written instrument;
     (2) the acknowledgment of satisfaction of a judgment of any court;
     (3) an affidavit or deposition to be used in this state.

     History: En. Sec. 459, Bannack Stat.; re-en. Sec. 582, p. 155, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 507, p. 174, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 507, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 524, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. Sec. 193, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6322, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8875, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 179; re-en. Sec. 8875, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-1004.