                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ADMINISTRATION OF OATHS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND AFFIDAVITS; SUMMONING WITNESSES IN
CERTAIN CASES (§ 52-9)

A. All police officers appointed by the Superintendent are vested with the
authority and power to administer oaths and take acknowledgments and affidavits
incidental to the administration and enforcement of all laws relating to the
operation of motor vehicles, applications for driver&#8217;s licenses and the
collection and refunding of taxes levied on gasoline, for which services they
shall receive no compensation.

B. Any member of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation conducting an
investigation may petition an appropriate judicial officer for the issuance of a
summons directed to a sheriff of any county or city, police chief of any town,
or to any member of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation, commanding the officer
to summon witnesses at such time and place as he may direct. Any such officer to
whom the summons is delivered shall forthwith execute it, and make return
thereof at the time and place named therein.

C. Any member of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation who is conducting an
investigation requested under the provisions of &#xA7; 52-8.2 or investigating
frauds or attempts to defraud the Commonwealth or any of its political
subdivisions or investigating criminal misconduct related to official duties of
any officer, agent, or employee of the Commonwealth or any of its political
subdivisions, upon authorization by the Attorney General or an attorney for the
Commonwealth, may administer an oath to any complaining witness who is giving a
statement or evidence concerning such investigation. If oath is administered
pursuant to this statute it shall be administered prior to the taking of any
statement, and any statement taken after such oath shall be reduced to writing
and subscribed by the witness.

HISTORY: 1932, p. 617; 1934, p. 277; Michie Code 1942, § 2154(53); 1944, p.
204; R.P. 1948, § 52-9; 1980, c. 228; 1981, c. 223; 1984, c. 780.