Tenn. Code Ann. § 21-1-102
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Oaths to bills
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Bills required to be under oath may be sworn to in the state before any judge, clerk of a court, general sessions judge or notary public, whose attestation shall be deemed evidence of the fact. Bills required to be under oath may be sworn to out of the state, before a notary public, or a commissioner for this state, whose attestation shall be accompanied by the notary public's or commissioner's seal of office, or before a judge of the state, whose official character shall be attested by the clerk of the court in which the judge presides. Code 1858, §§ 4330, 4331 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 6, § 11; 1826, ch. 19, § 1); Shan., §§ 6140, 6141; Code 1932, §§ 10411, 10412; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 109, § 16; impl. am. Acts 1961, ch. 329, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1963, ch. 345, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 21-106.
Bills required to be under oath may be sworn to in the state before any judge, clerk of a court, general sessions judge or notary public, whose attestation shall be deemed evidence of the fact. Bills required to be under oath may be sworn to out of the state, before a notary public, or a commissioner for this state, whose attestation shall be accompanied by the notary public's or commissioner's seal of office, or before a judge of the state, whose official character shall be attested by the clerk of the court in which the judge presides.
Code 1858, §§ 4330, 4331 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 6, § 11; 1826, ch. 19, § 1); Shan., §§ 6140, 6141; Code 1932, §§ 10411, 10412; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 109, § 16; impl. am. Acts 1961, ch. 329, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1963, ch. 345, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 21-106.
Bills required to be under oath may be sworn to in the state before any judge, clerk of a court, general sessions judge or notary public, whose attestation shall be deemed evidence of the fact. Bills required to be under oath may be sworn to out of the state, before a notary public, or a commissioner for this state, whose attestation shall be accompanied by the notary public's or commissioner's seal of office, or before a judge of the state, whose official character shall be attested by the clerk of the court in which the judge presides.
Code 1858, §§ 4330, 4331 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 6, § 11; 1826, ch. 19, § 1); Shan., §§ 6140, 6141; Code 1932, §§ 10411, 10412; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 109, § 16; impl. am. Acts 1961, ch. 329, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1963, ch. 345, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 21-106.
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