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PART 4. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 1855-2107›TITLE 6. OF EVIDENCE IN PARTICULAR CASES, AND MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS 2074-2094›CHAPTER 3. Administration of Oaths and Affirmations 2093-2094
§ 2094
California Code of Civil Procedure · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
(a) An oath, affirmation, or declaration in an action or a proceeding, may be administered by obtaining an affirmative response to one of the following questions:
(1) “Do you solemnly state that the evidence you shall give in this issue (or matter) shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?”
(2) “Do you solemnly state, under penalty of perjury, that the evidence that you shall give in this issue (or matter) shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?”
(b) In the alternative to the forms prescribed in subdivision (a), the court may administer an oath, affirmation, or declaration in an action or a proceeding in a manner that is calculated to awaken the person’s conscience and impress the person’s mind with the duty to tell the truth. The court shall satisfy itself that the person testifying understands that his or her testimony is being given under penalty of perjury.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 806, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 2003.)
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