{"data":{"id":"us-nm/14-13-2","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"14-13-2","heading":"[Administration of affirmation in lieu of oath.]","body":"Whenever any person is required to take or subscribe an oath and shall have conscientious scruples against taking the same, he shall be permitted, instead of such oath, to make a solemn affirmation, with uplifted right hand, in the following form, viz: you do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm, and close with: and this I do under the pains and penalties of perjury, which affirmation shall be equally valid as if such person had taken an oath in the usual form; and every person guilty of falsely, willfully or corruptly declaring as aforesaid, shall be liable to punishment for the same as for perjury.","path":["Chapter 14 - Records, Rules, Legal Notices, Oaths","ARTICLE 13 Acknowledgments and Oaths"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18514/index.do","current_through":"2025-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"26f8bb344bbbf6808f94475e12057194ee23a4ba1daf98294b3099bd02dfecaf","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/14-13-1","next":"us-nm/14-13-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}