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§ 49-9 When affirmation may be made

If any person required to take an oath shall declare that he has religious scruples as to the propriety of taking it, he may make a solemn affirmation, which shall in all respects have the same effect as an oath.

History

The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. The oldest record of it is its appearance in the Code of Virginia of 1919, as § 278.

Code 1919, § 278.

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Court Decisions

Appalachian Power Co. v. Arthur (District Court, W.D. Virginia, 08/11/14)
. . . MEMORANDUM OPINION . . .

Towers Watson & Co. v. National Union Fire Insurance Company (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 05/09/23)
. . . USCA4 Appeal: 21-2396 Doc: 62 Filed: 05/09/2023 Pg: 1 of 18 . . .

. . . Department of Professional & Occupational Regulation v. . . . (COA, 09/26/00)
. . . BENTON, Judge, . . .

Abateco Services v. Dept.of Prof. Occup. Reg., etc (COA, 06/19/01)
. . . Tuesday 19th . . .

. . . Heritage Hall and Security Insurance Company of Hartford v. . . . (COA, 11/08/05)
. . . RUDOLPH BUMGARDNER, III, Judge. . . .

Dept of Prof. & Occupational Regulation v. Abateco (COA, 06/19/01)
. . . Tuesday 19th . . .

United States v. Walter Warren Vinson (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 10/04/89)
. . . K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge: . . .

United States v. Joseph Andrew Sadler (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 02/22/95)
. . . 48 F.3d 1218NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of unpublished dispositions is . . .

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Nexus Services, Inc. (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 10/15/25)
. . . USCA4 Appeal: 24-1334 Doc: 70 Filed: 10/15/2025 Pg: 1 of 23 . . .

United States v. Engleman (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 10/17/90)
. . . WIDENER, Circuit Judge: . . .

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