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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>366490</law_id><section_number>49-8</section_number><catch_line>Where fact of oaths having been taken is recorded</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="106" identifier="49">Oaths, Affirmations and Bonds</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">Oaths and Affirmations</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>When a person elected or appointed to any office or post takes the <span class="dictionary">oaths</span> required of him in a <span class="dictionary">court</span> of record, a <span class="dictionary">transcript</span> from the record of the <span class="dictionary">court</span>, stating the <span class="dictionary">fact</span> of their having been taken, and when he takes such <span class="dictionary">oaths</span> before a <span class="dictionary">judge</span>, or other person, a certificate of the person administering the same, stating the <span class="dictionary">fact</span> of their having been taken, shall be obtained by the person taking the same, and be by him delivered for record as follows &#x2014; that is to say: When an <span class="dictionary">oath</span> is taken by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or any other officer of the general state government or member of any board or commission specifically mentioned in the Constitution, or by any officer or employee of the general state government or officer or member or employee of any state board, commission, division, bureau, institution or agency of whom an <span class="dictionary">oath</span> is required by <span class="dictionary">law</span>, the record shall, unless otherwise provided by <span class="dictionary">law</span>, be kept in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth. When an <span class="dictionary">oath</span> is taken by a <span class="dictionary">judge</span>, the record shall be in the first <span class="dictionary">court</span> in which he sits. When taken by an officer appointed by or belonging to a <span class="dictionary">court</span>, it shall be in the said <span class="dictionary">court</span> or in such other <span class="dictionary">court</span> as may be provided by <span class="dictionary">law</span>. In the case of a member or officer of either house of the General Assembly, the record shall be on the journal of the house in which he qualifies, or in such other manner as that house may prescribe by its rules. In the case of any other officer, unless it be otherwise provided, the record shall be in the <span class="dictionary">court</span> of the county or corporation in which the duties are to be discharged; or, if his duties are not to be discharged wholly in one county or corporation, then in the <span class="dictionary">court</span> of the county or corporation in which such officer resides.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 277.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
