Any certificate, return, form, statement, or other document which is required by the State of West Virginia, or any office, department or agency thereof, and which does not require an acknowledgment under this article or other laws of recordation of the State of West Virginia, may be verified by written declaration that it is made under the penalties of perjury and such declaration shall be in lieu of any oath otherwise required.
Any person making any false statement in any certificate, return, statement, or other document verified by such written declaration shall be subject to the same penalties as would be applicable had the same been verified by oath duly taken and acknowledged.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 39. Records and Papers
Article 1. Authentication and Record of Writings
§39-1-1. Power of Attorney May Be Recorded
§39-1-2. Conditions Under Which County Clerk Shall Admit Deeds, Contracts, etc., to Record
§39-1-2a. Other Requirements for Admission to Record of Certain Instruments
§39-1-2b. Recordation of Certified Copies of Certain Instruments
§39-1-3. Who May Take Acknowledgment
§39-1-4. Form of Certificate of Acknowledgment
§39-1-4a. Acknowledgment of Persons in the Military Service of the United States of America
§39-1-5. Acknowledgment by Husband and Wife
§39-1-7. False Certificate of Acknowledgment
§39-1-8. Form of Certificate of Acknowledgment by Attorney in Fact
§39-1-9. Acknowledgment by Corporations
§39-1-10. When Certificate to Be Under Official Seal
§39-1-10a. Verification by Written Statement Under Certain Conditions
§39-1-11a. Photographic Recordation
§39-1-12. Special Recordation of Writing Not Acknowledged or Proved for Regular Recordation
§39-1-13. Duty to Record Plat or Plan of Lots
§39-1-13a. Consolidation Order Book
§39-1-14. Notification to File Plat for Record
§39-1-15. Failure to File Plat After Notification
§39-1-16. Approval by City Council or Commissioners Prerequisite to Laying Out Subdivision