Missouri Laws 486.110 – Official oath
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 486.110
- Affirmation: a notarial act, or part thereof, that is legally equivalent to an oath and in which an individual at a single time and place:
(a) Appears in person before the notary. See Missouri Laws 486.600
- County: any of the several counties of this state or the City of St. See Missouri Laws 486.600
- Oath: a notarial act, or part thereof, that is legally equivalent to an affirmation and in which an individual at a single time and place:
(a) Appears in person before the notary. See Missouri Laws 486.600
- Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
- Secretary: the secretary of state for the state of Missouri. See Missouri Laws 486.600
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- United States: includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
Every such commissioner, before performing any duty or exercising any power in virtue of his appointment, shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation before some judge or clerk of any United States court of record or before some judge or clerk of any court of record in and of the state of Missouri, or before a judge or clerk of one of the courts of record of the district, territory, state or county in which said commissioner shall reside, well and faithfully to execute and perform all the duties of such commissioner, under and by virtue of the laws of the state of Missouri; which oath, and a description of his seal of office, if there be one, together with his signature thereto, shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state of this state within six months after the date of his appointment.