Bill Text: MS HB1233 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Officers who may administer oaths; add chiefs of police and sheriffs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2022-02-01 - Died In Committee [HB1233 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2022-HB1233-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2022 Regular Session
To: Judiciary A
By: Representative Haney
House Bill 1233
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 11-1-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ADD CHIEFS OF POLICE AND SHERIFFS TO THE LIST OF OFFICERS AUTHORIZED TO ADMINISTER OATHS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 11-1-1, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
11-1-1. A judge of any
court of record, clerk of such court, court reporter of such court, master,
member of the board of supervisors, justice court judge, notary public, mayor * * * or police justice of a city, town or village,
chief of police, sheriff, clerk of a municipality, and any officer of
any other state, or of the United States, authorized by the law thereof to
administer oaths, the judge of any court of record, or the mayor or chief
magistrate of any city, borough or corporation of a foreign country * * * may administer oaths and take and certify
affidavits whenever the same may be necessary or proper in a proceeding in any
court or under any law of this state, or for the purpose of taking depositions
of any party of interest, or witnesses of any suit pending before any such
court, or for the perpetuation of testimony, as provided in Section 13-1-57 * * *.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2022.
