{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-516-20","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 516:20","heading":"Affirmation.","body":"Persons scrupulous of swearing may affirm; the word \"affirm\" being used in administering the oath, instead of the word \"swear,\" and the words \"this you do under the pains and penalties of perjury,\" instead of the words \"So help you God.\"","path":["Title LIII: PROCEEDINGS IN COURT","Chapter 516: WITNESSES","Competency of Witnesses, etc."],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LIII/516/516-20.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T16:52:00Z","sha256":"61ec36c16e53a17ffd58c90fe3d5015d575993646476d6da943e5c567065b690","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-516-19","next":"us-nh/rsa-516-21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}