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2012 Florida Statutes
TITLE XXXII — REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 454 — ATTORNEYS AT LAW
454.17 — Attorneys may administer oaths in open court.
FL Stat § 454.17 (2012 through 2nd Reg Sess) What's This?
454.17 Attorneys may administer oaths in open court.—Attorneys authorized to practice law in this state may administer oaths in open court, in the presence of the presiding judge or justice thereof, and any person swearing falsely under an oath so administered shall be liable to the penalty prescribed for perjury.
History.—s. 17, ch. 10175, 1925; CGL 4195.
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