{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-11-7.1","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 11-7.1","heading":"Who may administer oaths of office.","body":"(a)\tExcept as otherwise specifically required by statute, an oath of office may be administered by any of the following:\n(1)\tA justice, judge, magistrate, clerk, assistant clerk, or deputy clerk of the General Court of Justice, a retired justice, judge, or clerk of the General Court of Justice, or any member of the federal judiciary.\n(2)\tThe Secretary of State.\n(3)\tA notary public.\n(4)\tA register of deeds.\n(5)\tA mayor of any city, town, or incorporated village.\n(5a)\tA chairman of the board of commissioners of any county.\n(6)\tA member of the House of Representatives or Senate of the General Assembly.\n(7)\tThe clerk of any county, city, town or incorporated village.\n(b)\tThe administration of an oath by any judge of the Court of Appeals prior to March 7, 1969, is hereby validated. (1953, c. 23; 1969, c. 44, s. 25; c. 499; c. 713, s. 1; 1971, c. 381, s. 10; 1977, c. 344, s. 2; 1979, c. 757; 1981, c. 682, s. 2; 1983, c. 648, s. 1; 1995, c. 147, s. 1; 2019-243, s. 14.)","path":["Chapter 11. Oaths.","Article 1. General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_11/GS_11-7.1.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:17Z","sha256":"bd2fd0360067eac2008f221074017a7d0a3f02062fe0062f70a2cd1b0e7cb48f","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-11-7","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-11-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}