The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
002
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ADMINISTRATION OF OATHS
(Cite as: 12 V.S.A. § 5854)
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§ 5854. Oaths, administering by court clerks, justices, notaries, etc.; certification
The Clerk of the Supreme Court, county clerks, justices of the peace, judges and registers
of probate, judges and clerks of the Criminal Division of the Superior Court, notaries
public and masters appointed by a Superior Court under an order of referee may administer
oaths in all cases where an oath is required, unless a different provision is expressly
made by law; and a notary public need not affix his or her official seal to a certificate
of an oath administered by him or her. County clerks and clerks of the Criminal Division
of the Superior Court may certify the oaths administered by them under the seal of
the court. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, eff. July 1, 1965, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 170, eff. March 29, 1972; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238.)