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Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-4.3

Unsworn declarations under penalty of perjury; penalty

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case French v. Painter (2013)

Most recently applied in In re M&G USA Corp. (April 2015)

2005, c. 423.

If a matter in any judicial proceeding or administrative hearing is required or permitted to be established by a sworn written declaration, verification, certificate, statement, oath, or affidavit, such matter may, with like force and effect, be evidenced, by the unsworn written declaration, certificate, verification, or statement, which is subscribed by the maker as true under penalty of perjury, and dated, in substantially the following form:

"I declare (or certify, verify or state) under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct." This section shall not apply to a deposition, an oath of office, or an oath required to be taken before a specified official other than a notary public.

Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.