Chapter 218
2023 -- H 5887
Enacted 06/21/2023

A N   A C T
RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- POWER OF OFFICERS TO ADMINISTER OATHS

Introduced By: Representative Katherine S. Kazarian

Date Introduced: March 01, 2023

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
     SECTION 1. Section 36-2-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 36-2 entitled "Power of
Officers to Administer Oaths" is hereby amended to read as follows:
     36-2-1. Officers with statewide power.
     The following persons may administer oaths anywhere within the state: the governor,
lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, assistant attorneys general, general
treasurer, active magistrates and active and retired justices of the supreme, superior, family, and
district, and workers' compensation courts, each member of the general assembly after he or she
the member has filed his or her their signature with the secretary of state, commissioners
appointed by other states to take acknowledgments of deeds and depositions within this state, and
notaries public.
     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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