Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-24

Current with legislation from the 2024 Regular and Special Sessions.

Section 1-24 - Who may administer oaths

The following officers may administer oaths:

(1) The clerks of the Senate, the clerks of the House of Representatives and the chairpersons of committees of the General Assembly or of either branch thereof, during its session;

(2) state officers, as defined in subsection (t) of section 9-1, judges and clerks of any court, family support magistrates, judge trial referees, justices of the peace, commissioners of the Superior Court, notaries public, town clerks and assistant town clerks, in all cases where an oath may be administered, except in a case where the law otherwise requires;

(3) commissioners on insolvent estates, auditors, arbitrators and committees, to parties and witnesses, in all cases tried before them;

(4) assessors and boards of assessment appeals, in cases coming before them;

(5) commissioners appointed by governors of other states to take the acknowledgment of deeds, in the discharge of their official duty;

(6) the moderator of a school district meeting, in such meeting, to the clerk of such district, as required by law;

(7) the chief elected official of a municipality, in any matter before the chief elected official of a municipality;

(8) the Chief Medical Examiner, Deputy Medical Examiner and assistant medical examiners of the Office of the Medical Examiner, in any matter before them;

(9) registrars of vital statistics, in any matter before them;

(10) any chief inspector or inspector appointed pursuant to section 51-286;

(11) registrars of voters, deputy registrars, assistant registrars, and moderators, in any matter before them;

(12) special assistant registrars, in matters provided for in subsections (b) and (c) of section 9-19b and section 9-19c;

(13) the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection and any sworn member of any local police department or the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in all affidavits, statements, depositions, complaints or reports made to or by any member of any local police department or said Division of State Police or any constable who is under the supervision of said commissioner or any of such officers of said Division of State Police and who is certified under the provisions of sections 7-294a to 7-294e, inclusive, and performs criminal law enforcement duties;

(14) judge advocates of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Space Force, law specialists of the United States Coast Guard, adjutants, assistant adjutants, acting adjutants and personnel adjutants, commanding officers, executive officers and officers whose rank is lieutenant commander or major, or above, of the armed forces, as defined in section 27-103, to persons serving with or in the armed forces, as defined in said section, or their spouses;

(15) investigators, deputy investigators, investigative aides, secretaries, clerical assistants, social workers, social worker trainees, paralegals and certified legal interns employed by or assigned to the Public Defender Services Commission in the performance of their assigned duties;

(16) bail commissioners, intake, assessment and referral specialists, family relations counselors, support enforcement officers, chief probation officers and supervisory judicial marshals employed by the Judicial Department in the performance of their assigned duties;

(17) juvenile matter investigators employed by the Division of Criminal Justice in the performance of their assigned duties;

(18) the chairperson of the Connecticut Siting Council or the chairperson's designee;

(19) the presiding officer at an agency hearing under section 4-177b;

(20) investigators employed by the Department of Social Services Office of Child Support Services, in the performance of their assigned duties;

(21) the chairperson, vice-chairperson, members and employees of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, in the performance of their assigned duties;

(22) the Commissioner of Correction or the commissioner's designee;

(23) sworn law enforcement officers, appointed under section 26-5, within the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, in all affidavits, statements, depositions, complaints or reports made to or by any such sworn law enforcement officer;

(24) sworn motor vehicle inspectors acting under the authority of section 14-8; and

(25) eligibility workers, specialists and supervisors employed by the Department of Social Services for the sole purpose of witnessing the execution of an affirmation or acknowledgment of parentage when their assigned duties include witnessing such execution.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-24

(1949 Rev., S. 3575; 1955, S. 1958d; 1959, P.A. 152, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 165; 1967, P.A. 66, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 699, S. 17; 1971, P.A. 412, S. 9; 752; P.A. 73-185; P.A. 74-170; 74-186, S. 3, 12; P.A. 75-567, S. 19, 80; P.A. 76-111, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 79-143, S. 3; 79-181; P.A. 80-174; 80-190, S. 1; 80-281, S. 1, 31; P.A. 82-104; 82-298, S. 6; P.A. 86-180; 86-187, S. 1, 10; P.A. 87-316, S. 1; P.A. 88-132; 88-317, S. 35, 107; P.A. 90-57; P.A. 91-24 , S. 1 , 8 ; P.A. 93-262 , S. 1 , 87 ; 93-329 , S. 7 ; 93-435 , S. 59 , 95 ; P.A. 95-283 , S. 22 , 68 ; P.A. 96-58 , S. 1 , 2 ; P.A. 97-256 , S. 2 ; P.A. 01-7 ; 01-84 , S. 1 , 26 ; P.A. 02-71 , S. 1 ; 02-132 , S. 1 ; P.A. 03-278 , S. 1 ; P.A. 04-234 , S. 2 ; 04-257 , S. 113 ; P.A. 05-108 , S. 1 ; P.A. 11-51 , S. 134 ; 11-74 , S. 6 ; 11-80 , S. 1 ; P.A. 12-133 , S. 43 ; P.A. 13-271 , S. 1 ; P.A. 14-146 , S. 1 ; 14-207 , S. 1 ; P.A. 16-13 , S. 1 .)

Amended by P.A. 23-0071,S. 9 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2023 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2023.

Amended by P.A. 22-0145, S. 3 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2022 Regular Session, eff. 5/31/2022.

Amended by P.A. 16-0013, S. 1 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2016 Regular Session, eff. 5/6/2016.

Amended by P.A. 14-0207, S. 1 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2014 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2014.

Amended by P.A. 14-0146, S. 1 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2014 Regular Session, eff. 6/6/2014.

Cited. 238 C. 588 . Cited. 9 Conn.App. 1 ; 16 CA 486 .

See Sec. 53-368 re penalty for falsely certifying administration of oath.