Officer Authorized to Administer Oaths; Oaths to Be Written, Subscribed, and Dated

1. Law
2. Georgia Code
3. Public Officers and Employees
4. Official Oaths and Commissions
5. Official Oaths
6. Officer Authorized to Administer Oaths; Oaths to Be Written, Subscribed, and Dated

When not otherwise provided by law and when not directed in the dedimus potestatem, the oaths of office may be taken before any officer authorized by law to administer an oath. Such oaths shall be written and subscribed by the persons taking them and accompanied by the certificate of such officer, which shall specify the day and year taken.

(Orig. Code 1863, § 136; Code 1868, § 131; Code 1873, § 141; Code 1882, § 141; Civil Code 1895, § 236; Civil Code 1910, § 271; Code 1933, § 89-304.)

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Oath of office of clerk of superior court may be administered by judge of superior court. 1980 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U80-48.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Necessity and sufficiency of officer's jurat or certificate as to oath, 116 A.L.R. 587.

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