What CAN a Commissioner for Oaths do?

Commissioners for Oaths can:

• administer oaths.
• take and receive affidavits, affirmations, or declarations.
• attest (bear witness to) oaths, affidavits, affirmations, or declarations.
  
  

A Commissioner for Oaths administers oaths and takes and receives affidavits, declarations, and affirmations that will be used in Alberta.

An oath is a solemn declaration accompanied by swearing to a supreme being or something sacred to the person taking the oath that a statement is true.

Oaths are often used to confirm a written statement, known as an affidavit, for use in court, estate, or land title transactions.