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2018 Code of Virginia
Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure
Chapter 7 - Civil Actions; Commencement, Pleadings, and Motions
§ 8.01-280. Pleadings may be sworn to before clerk; affidavit of belief sufficient
Universal Citation: VA Code § 8.01-280 (2018)
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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