{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-49-4","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 49-4","heading":"Magistrates and other officers who may administer oaths and take affidavits","body":"Any oath or affidavit required by law, which is not of such nature that it must be made in court, may be administered by a magistrate, a notary, a commissioner in chancery, a commissioner appointed by the Governor, a judge or clerk or deputy clerk of a court, a commissioner or clerk or deputy clerk of the State Corporation Commission, or clerks of governing bodies of local governments. In case of a survey directed by a court in a cause therein pending, an oath or affidavit may be administered by or before the surveyor directed to execute the order of survey.Code 1919, § 274; 1932, p. 339; 1968, c. 639; 1970, c. 783; 1986, c. 255.","path":["Title 49. OATHS, AFFIRMATIONS AND BONDS","Chapter 1. OATHS AND AFFIRMATIONS"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/49-4/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:16:54Z","sha256":"c3c7175cc179f6c60e40f4f3a19eef1442b11a90bcff51ce0dbd63572b1d3ae7","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-49-3","next":"us-va/va.-code-49-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}