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Terms Used In Alabama Code 43-2-742

  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • oath: includes affirmation. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • United States: includes the territories thereof and the District of Columbia. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

When a claim against such estate is verified by the oath of a person out of this state, but within the United States, such oath may be made before a notary public, justice of the peace or any judge or clerk of a court of record or a commissioner of such state. When made before a justice of the peace, it must be certified that such officer was a justice of the peace and that his attestation is genuine, by some judge of a court of record or a commissioner of said state; but, when made before either of the other officers specified, no other proof of the taking of such oath is necessary than the certificate of such officer.