Virginia Statutes

§ 49-9 — When affirmation may be made

Virginia § 49-9

JurisdictionVirginia

Title 49OATHS, AFFIRMATIONS AND BONDS

Ch. 1OATHS AND AFFIRMATIONS

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Bluebook

Va. Code Ann. § 49-9 (2026).

Text

If any person required to take an oath shall declare that he has religious scruples as to the propriety of taking it, he may make a solemn affirmation, which shall in all respects have the same effect as an oath.

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Legislative History

Code 1919, § 278.

Nearby Sections

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§ 49-1

Form of general oath required of officers

§ 49-10

Use of Bible in administration of oaths

§ 49-11

Failure to take oath

§ 49-12

Provisions and conditions; acknowledgment and recordation; duty of clerk when taken in pending cause

§ 49-13

How new or additional bonds required and given; failure to give

§ 49-14

Effect of giving new or additional bond

§ 49-15

Surety companies may be accepted as sureties on bonds; rights and liabilities

§ 49-16

Allowance of expense of procuring corporate surety

§ 49-17

Surety company estopped to deny power to execute instrument or assume liability

§ 49-18

Agent or attorney of surety company signing without seal

§ 49-18.1

Seal not required

§ 49-19

Remedy on bonds

§ 49-2

Form of oath for out-of-state commissioners

§ 49-20

How bonds given in civil suits made payable

§ 49-21

Failure to give bond

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