First time, Today I got an excellent opportunity to administer an Oath of Office to a fellow Notary Public Julie Akina – who renewed her commission. It was an awesome experience. Thank You Julie for the opportunity.
This is what Julie Akina had to say on my Facebook page :
“The dignity with which Nathan administered to me the oath of office made me feel very proud to be renewing my commission.”
One of the most important duties of the Notary is to administer oaths and affirmations. An oath is a pledge on one’s personal honor, but both are legally equivalent and subject the oath-taker or affirmant to penalties for perjury. Both may be notarial acts in their own right — as “swearing in” a new public official — or they may be part of the process of performing an acknowledgment or jurat notarization.
Oaths and affirmations should be taken seriously and always administered with a degree of formality.