                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHO MAY ADMINISTER OATHS TO OFFICERS (§ 49-3)

The oaths to be taken by a person elected a member of either house of the
General Assembly shall be administered by the clerk or presiding officer of the
houses, respectively, or a notary. Those to be taken by any judge of any court
of record elected by the General Assembly shall be administered in a court of
record, or by any judge, or by any officer authorized by law to administer an
oath. Those to be taken by any person elected or appointed an officer of either
house of the General Assembly shall be administered by the person and in the
manner prescribed by the rules of such house. The oaths to be taken by a person
elected or appointed to any other office or post shall, except in cases in which
it may be otherwise directed by law, be administered by the clerk of a court of
record, by any judge, by a Commissioner or clerk of the State Corporation
Commission or by the Secretary of the Commonwealth. A magistrate or person
holding a comparable position in another state may administer the oaths to be
taken by a commissioner or other person residing therein.
		Whenever a person required to take an oath of office is a member of the United
States Armed Forces and is on active duty, or is deployed by the United States
Department of Defense as a civilian, the oath set forth in § 49-1 may be
administered by a notary public.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 273; 1968, c. 639; 1983, c. 228; 1986, c. 255; 1988, c.
255; 1992, c. 390; 1992, Sp. Sess., cc. 1, 2; 2008, cc. 57, 713.