Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
GOVERNMENT CODE |
Title 6. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES |
Subtitle A. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES |
Chapter 602. ADMINISTRATION OF OATHS |
Sec. 602.005. OATH MADE BY MEMBER OF ARMED FORCES OR BY MEMBER'S SPOUSE
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(a) A commissioned officer of the United States armed forces or of a United States armed forces auxiliary may administer an oath made by a member of the armed forces, a member of an armed forces auxiliary, or a member's spouse and may give a certificate of the fact.
(b) Unless there is pleading or evidence to the contrary, a certificate signed under this section that is offered in evidence establishes that:
(1) the commissioned officer who signed was a commissioned officer on the date the officer signed; and
(2) the person who made the oath or affidavit was a member of the armed forces or an armed forces auxiliary or was a member's spouse when the oath was made.
(c) An oath is not invalid because the commissioned officer who certified the oath did not attach an official seal to the certificate.