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2014 Virginia Code
Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure
§ 8.01-280. Pleadings may be sworn to before clerk; affidavit of belief sufficient


VA Code § 8.01-280 (2014) What's This?

Any pleading to be filed in any court may be sworn to before the clerk or any officer authorized to administer oath thereof; and when an affidavit is required in support of any pleading or as a prerequisite to the issuance thereof, it shall be sufficient if the affiant swear that he believes it to be true.

Code 1950, ยง 8-131; 1977, c. 617.

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