The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Subchapter
002
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ADMINISTRATION OF OATHS
(Cite as: 12 V.S.A. § 5851)
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§ 5851. Affirmation
In the administration of an oath, the word “swear” may be omitted, and the word “affirm”
substituted, when the person to whom the obligation is administered is religiously
scrupulous of swearing, or taking an oath in the prescribed form; and, in such case,
the words “so help you God” may be omitted, and the words “under the pains and penalties
of perjury” substituted; and a person so affirming shall be considered, for every
legal purpose of privilege, qualification, or liability, as having been duly sworn.