49-3 - Who may administer oaths to officers. - Virginia Statutes

§ 49-3. Who may administer oaths to officers.

The oaths to be taken by a person elected a member of either house of theGeneral Assembly shall be administered by the clerk or presiding officer ofthe houses, respectively, or a notary. Those to be taken by any judge of anycourt of record elected by the General Assembly shall be administered in acourt of record, or by any judge, or by any officer authorized by law toadminister an oath. Those to be taken by any person elected or appointed anofficer of either house of the General Assembly shall be administered by theperson and in the manner prescribed by the rules of such house. The oaths tobe taken by a person elected or appointed to any other office or post shall,except in cases in which it may be otherwise directed by law, be administeredby the clerk of a court of record, by any judge, by a Commissioner or clerkof the State Corporation Commission or by the Secretary of the Commonwealth.A magistrate or person holding a comparable position in another state mayadminister the oaths to be taken by a commissioner or other person residingtherein.

Whenever a person required to take an oath of office is a member of theUnited States Armed Forces and is on active duty, or is deployed by theUnited States Department of Defense as a civilian, the oath set forth in §49-1 may be administered by a notary public.

(Code 1919, § 273; 1968, c. 639; 1983, c. 228; 1986, c. 255; 1988, c. 255;1992, c. 390; 1992, Sp. Sess., cc. 1, 2; 2008, cc. 57, 713.)