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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1968, chapter 639; in 1970, chapter 783; in 1986, chapter 255.<\/p>","references":[{"id":359962,"section_number":"33.2-1908","catch_line":"Officers of commission","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1908\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1460197,"object_type":"law","relational_id":366486,"identifier":"49-4","token":"49\/1\/49-4","url":"\/49-4\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/49-4\/","token":"49\/1\/49-4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Magistrates and other officers who may administer oaths and take affidavits","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 49-4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any oath<\/span> or affidavit<\/span> required by law<\/span>, which is not of such nature that it must be made in court<\/span>, may be administered by a magistrate<\/span>, a notary, a commissioner in chancery<\/span>, a commissioner appointed by the Governor, a judge<\/span> or clerk or deputy clerk of a court<\/span>, a commissioner or clerk or deputy clerk of the State Corporation Commission, or clerks of governing bodies of local governments. In case of a survey directed by a court<\/span> in a cause therein pending, an oath<\/span> or affidavit<\/span> may be administered by or before the surveyor directed to execute the order<\/span> of survey.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMAGISTRATES AND OTHER OFFICERS WHO MAY ADMINISTER OATHS AND TAKE AFFIDAVITS (\u00a7\n49-4)\n\nAny oath or affidavit required by law, which is not of such nature that it must\nbe made in court, may be administered by a magistrate, a notary, a commissioner\nin chancery, a commissioner appointed by the Governor, a judge or clerk or\ndeputy clerk of a court, a commissioner or clerk or deputy clerk of the State\nCorporation Commission, or clerks of governing bodies of local governments. In\ncase of a survey directed by a court in a cause therein pending, an oath or\naffidavit may be administered by or before the surveyor directed to execute the\norder of survey.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 274; 1932, p. 339; 1968, c. 639; 1970, c. 783; 1986, c.\n255.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}