§ 8.01-4.3 Unsworn declarations under penalty of perjury; penalty
If a matter in any judicial proceeding or administrative hearing is required or permitted to be established by a sworn written declaration, verification, certificate, statement, oath, or affidavit, such matter may, with like force and effect, be evidenced, by the unsworn written declaration, certificate, verification, or statement, which is subscribed by the maker as true under penalty of perjury, and dated, in substantially the following form: “I declare (or certify, verify or state) under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.” This section shall not apply to a deposition, an oath of office, or an oath required to be taken before a specified official other than a notary public.
History
This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 423 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.
2005, c. 423.