24.2-120 - Oath of office. - Virginia Statutes

§ 24.2-120. Oath of office.

The oath of office for the members of the electoral board, registrars, andofficers of election shall be the oath stated in Article II, Section 7, ofthe Constitution. Each member of the electoral board, registrar, and officerof election shall take and sign the oath before performing the duties of hisoffice.

Each member of an electoral board and general registrar shall file theoriginal signed oath in the clerk's office of the circuit court of his countyor city. The general registrar shall file a copy with the secretary of hiselectoral board.

The oath of office for assistant and substitute registrars and for officersof election may be administered by a notary as well as by persons authorizedto administer oaths under § 49-3.

The oath of office for officers of election may be administered by a memberof the electoral board, the general registrar, an assistant or substituteregistrar, as well as by notaries and persons authorized to administer oathsunder § 49-3.

(Code 1950, §§ 24-29, 24-30, 24-32, 24-33, 24-42, 24-52, 24-52.1, 24-55,24-61, 24-65, 24-66, 24-118.1, 24-199; 1954, c. 691; 1962, c. 475; 1964, c.608; 1968, cc. 97, 141; 1970, c. 462, §§ 24.1-29, 24.1-32, 24.1-43; 1971, Ex.Sess., c. 204; 1973, c. 30; 1974, c. 428; 1975, c. 515; 1976, c. 12; 1978, c.778; 1980, c. 639; 1981, c. 425; 1982, cc. 290, 650; 1983, c. 511; 1984, c.480; 1985, c. 197; 1986, c. 558; 1988, c. 528; 1989, c. 227; 1993, c. 641;2005, c. 820.)