Commissioner for Oaths
Administering Oaths and Declarations with Care and Integrity
📑 Commissioner for Oaths Services
Need to take an oath or make a statutory declaration? We’re here to ensure the process is clear, compliant, and stress-free.
🖊️ Commissioner for Oaths Responsibilities
In Saskatchewan, a Commissioner for Oaths is authorized to administer oaths, affirmations, and statutory declarations for documents intended for legal or official use within the province. Their duties include:
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Administering Oaths and Affirmations
Commissioners can oversee the swearing or affirming of statements, including affidavits and statutory declarations, ensuring they are made truthfully and with understanding. -
Taking Statutory Declarations
They are empowered to receive formal written declarations of fact, which must be signed in the commissioner’s presence. -
Verifying Signatures
Part of their role is to confirm the identity of signatories and ensure signatures are given knowingly and without pressure. -
Ensuring Legal Compliance
Commissioners check that the documents follow proper legal formatting, especially where specific wording is required by law. -
Remaining Neutral and Impartial
It is essential for Commissioners to act without bias, maintaining fairness and integrity throughout the process.
📌 Commissioner for Oaths: Duties
When acting in an official capacity, a Commissioner for Oaths must carry out the following responsibilities with care and professionalism:
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Confirming Identity
Before proceeding, the commissioner must verify the identity of the individual using valid photo identification, such as a government-issued ID. -
Ensuring Understanding
It’s the commissioner’s duty to confirm that the person fully understands the contents of the document and the legal significance of the oath or declaration they are making. -
Witnessing the Signature
The document must be signed in the commissioner’s presence to ensure authenticity and voluntariness. -
Applying Official Stamp or Seal
Once the process is complete, the commissioner affixes their official stamp or seal, along with the signature and date, to validate the document. -
Refusing Service When Necessary
A commissioner has the authority to decline service if there are concerns about false information, lack of understanding, or if the document appears legally questionable.
⚠️ Commissioner for Oaths: Limitations
While Commissioners for Oaths play an important role in document authentication, their authority has certain limits:
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Cannot Certify True Copies
They are not authorized to certify photocopies of documents as true copies. This service must be done by a Notary Public. -
Jurisdiction is Within Saskatchewan
Their authority applies only to documents intended for use within the province. If your document is to be used outside Saskatchewan, it must be notarized by a Notary Public. -
No Legal Advice or Document Drafting
Commissioners cannot provide legal advice or draft legal documents unless they are also licensed legal professionals, such as lawyers.
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