CODE OF VIRGINIA

PLEADINGS MAY BE SWORN TO BEFORE CLERK; AFFIDAVIT OF BELIEF SUFFICIENT (§
8.01-280)

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.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-131; 1977, c. 617.