North Carolina § 11-7 - 1. Who may administer oaths of office.

§ 11-7. 1. Who may administer oaths of office.

Except as otherwise specifically required by statute, an oath of office may be administered by any of the following: A justice, judge, magistrate, clerk, assistant clerk, or deputy clerk of the General Court of Justice, a retired justice, judge, or clerk of the General Court of Justice, or any member of the federal judiciary. The Secretary of State. A notary public. A register of deeds. A mayor of any city, town, or incorporated village. A chairman of the board of commissioners of any county. A member of the House of Representatives or Senate of the General Assembly. The clerk of any county, city, town or incorporated village. The administration of an oath by any judge of the Court of Appeals prior to March 7, 1969, is hereby validated. History (1953, c. 23; 1969, c. 44, s. 25; c. 499; c. 713, s. 1; 1971, c. 381, s. 10; 1977, c. 344, s. 2; 1979, c. 757; 1981, c. 682, s. 2; 1983, c. 648, s. 1; 1995, c. 147, s. 1; 2019-243, s. 14.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 1983, c. 648, s. 2, provided: "The administration of an oath by any county, city or town clerk prior to date of ratification is hereby validated." The act was ratified June 30, 1983. Session Laws 1987, c. 620, s. 6 provides that any oath of office taken by a register of deeds before a person authorized to administer oaths as defined in this section and not before the board of county commissioners is validated. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2019-243, s. 14, effective November 6, 2019, in subsection (a), added "any of the following" in the introductory language, substituted "justice, judge, or clerk" for "justice or judge" in subdivision (a)(1), and made stylistic changes.