Officers and notary public authorized to administer oaths.

492.010. Every court and judge, justice and clerk thereof,notaries public, certified court reporters and certifiedshorthand reporters, shall respectively have power to administeroaths and affirmations to witnesses and others concerning anything or proceeding pending* before them, respectively, and toadminister oaths and take affidavits and depositions within theirrespective jurisdictions, in all cases where oaths andaffirmations are required by law to be taken.

(RSMo 1939 § 1884, A.L. 1988 S.B. 425)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 1720; 1919 § 5407; 1909 § 6351

*Word "depending" appears in original rolls, an apparent typographical error.