Virginia § 49-4 Magistrates and other officers who may administer oaths and take affidavits

Virginia Statutes

§ 49-4 — Magistrates and other officers who may administer oaths and take affidavits

Virginia § 49-4

Title 49OATHS, AFFIRMATIONS AND BONDS

Ch. 1OATHS AND AFFIRMATIONS

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Va. Code Ann. § 49-4 (2026).

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Any oath or affidavit required by law, which is not of such nature that it must be made in court, may be administered by a magistrate, a notary, a commissioner in chancery, a commissioner appointed by the Governor, a judge or clerk or deputy clerk of a court, a commissioner or clerk or deputy clerk of the State Corporation Commission, or clerks of governing bodies of local governments. In case of a survey directed by a court in a cause therein pending, an oath or affidavit may be administered by or before the surveyor directed to execute the order of survey.

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Any oath or affidavit required by law, which is not of such nature that it must be made in court, may be administered by a magistrate, a notary, a commissioner in chancery, a commissioner appointed by the Governor, a judge or clerk or deputy clerk of a court, a commissioner or clerk or deputy clerk of the State Corporation Commission, or clerks of governing bodies of local governments. In case of a survey directed by a court in a cause therein pending, an oath or affidavit may be administered by or before the surveyor directed to execute the order of survey.