Rhode Island § 36-2-1 § 36-2-1. Officers with statewide power.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 36-2-1 — § 36-2-1. Officers with statewide power.

Rhode Island § 36-2-1

Title 36Public Officers and Employees

Ch. 36-2Power of Officers to Administer Oaths

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 36-2-1 (2026).

Text

§ 36-2-1. Officers with statewide power.
The following persons may administer oaths anywhere within the state: the governor,
            lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, assistant attorneys general,
            general treasurer, active magistrates and active and retired justices of the supreme,
            superior, family, district, and workers' compensation courts, each member of the general
            assembly after the member has filed their signature with the secretary of state, commissioners
            appointed by other states to take acknowledgments of deeds and depositions within
            this state, and notaries public.
         

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§ 36-2-1. Officers with statewide power.

The following persons may administer oaths anywhere within the state: the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, assistant attorneys general, general treasurer, active magistrates and active and retired justices of the supreme, superior, family, district, and workers' compensation courts, each member of the general assembly after the member has filed their signature with the secretary of state, commissioners appointed by other states to take acknowledgments of deeds and depositions within this state, and notaries public.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 25, § 9; C.P.A. 1905, § 1218; G.L. 1909, ch. 31, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 31, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 491, § 1; P.L. 1945, ch. 1591, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 36-2-1; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 40; P.L. 1979, ch. 241, § 1; P.L. 2023, ch. 218, § 1, effective June 21, 2023; P.L. 2023, ch. 219, § 1, effective June 21, 2023.