The notaries and resident electronic notaries shall severally take and subscribe the oath or affirmation prescribed by article XIV of the Constitution of this State. The nonresident electronic notaries shall severally take and subscribe the oath or affirmation on a commission issued by the Secretary before a notary public or other officer authorized to administer oaths. Notaries and electronic notaries shall be exempt from the recordation of the oath of office prescribed by § 9605(a) of Title 9. Notaries and electronic notaries shall not be permitted to perform notarial acts until a copy of the fully executed oath is received by the Secretary in an electronic or paper document format deemed acceptable by the Secretary.

Code 1852, §§ ?666, 667; 21 Del. Laws, c. 59, § ?2; Code 1915, § ?1011; 28 Del. Laws, c. 70; Code 1935, § ?1142; 29 Del. C. 1953, § ?4306; 50 Del. Laws, c. 43, § ?2; 59 Del. Laws, c. 440, § ?2; 66 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?3; 76 Del. Laws, c. 253, § ?1; 77 Del. Laws, c. 165, § ?7;

Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4308

  • Affirmation: shall mean a promise of truthfulness that is a solemn, spoken pledge on one's own, personal honor without reference to a Supreme Being. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4321
  • Document: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form, including a record as defined in the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (Chapter 12A of Title 6). See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4321
  • Electronic: means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4321
  • Oath: shall mean a promise of truthfulness that is a solemn, spoken pledge to a Supreme Being. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4321
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Secretary: means Secretary of State. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4321
  • State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
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