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Delaware Code Title 29. State Government § 4308. Oath

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<See Declaration of a State of Emergency due to a Public Health Threat (2019 DE C20-0A) and Modifications issued subsequent thereto for suspension or modification of this section related to COVID-19. For further information, see Historical and Statutory Notes. See, also, 20 Del.C. § 3156.>

The notaries and resident electronic notaries shall severally take and subscribe the oath or affirmation prescribed by article XIV of the Constitution of this State. The nonresident electronic notaries shall severally take and subscribe the oath or affirmation on a commission issued by the Secretary before a notary public or other officer authorized to administer oaths. Notaries and electronic notaries shall be exempt from the recordation of the oath of office prescribed by § 9605(a) of Title 9. Notaries and electronic notaries shall not be permitted to perform notarial acts until a copy of the fully executed oath is received by the Secretary in an electronic or paper document format deemed acceptable by the Secretary.

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