30-1-111 - Oath of representative. - Tennessee Statutes

30-1-111. Oath of representative.

The clerk shall, before delivering the letters of administration, or letters testamentary, to the representative, administer to the representative, if an executor, an oath for performing the will of the deceased; and, if an administrator, an oath for the faithful performance of the administrator's duty. In the alternative, the oath of the administrator or executor may be sworn or affirmed in the presence of a notary public and the acknowledgment of the representative's oath, when certified by the notary public, shall be presented to the appropriate clerk.

[Code 1858, § 2221 (deriv. Acts 1715, ch. 48, § 5); Shan., § 3956; Code 1932, § 8168; Acts 1983, ch. 55, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-114.]