Tennessee § 18-6-114 - Oaths and affidavits.
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§ 18-6-114. Oaths and affidavits.
The county clerks are authorized and empowered to take affidavits and administer oaths for general purposes to the same extent as judges of the courts of general sessions and notaries public. They shall attest the affidavits and oaths under their official seals or the seals of their respective courts. As compensation for their services in taking any such affidavit or oath and so attesting the affidavit or oath, they shall be entitled to receive the sum of twenty-five cents (25¢), to be paid by the party whose affidavit or oath is so taken. This section shall not affect the fees provided by law for such clerks incident to their duties in their respective courts. Acts 1923, ch. 96, § 2; Shan. Supp., § 5891a2; mod. Code 1932, § 10090; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-612. Compiler's Notes. The language “respective courts” in this section apparently refers to the judicial authority formerly residing in the monthly county courts. Collateral References. 14 C.J.S. Clerks of Courts § 38. Affidavits 5.
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