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N.C.G.S. § 11-2

Administration of oaths.

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2026-08-08
Last verified
2026-08-09
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Judges and other persons who may be empowered to administer oaths, shall (except in the cases in this Chapter excepted) require the party to be sworn to lay his hand upon the Holy Scriptures, in token of his engagement to speak the truth and in further token that, if he should swerve from the truth, he may be justly deprived of all the blessings of that holy book and made liable to that vengeance which he has imprecated on his own head. (1777, c. 108, s. 2, P.R.; R.C., c. 76, s. 1; Code, s. 3309; Rev., s. 2354; C.S., s. 3189; 1941,  c. 11; 1971, c. 381, s. 9; 1985, c. 756, s. 2.)

Reviewed 2026-08-09 · source_verified