Statutory Declaration

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I'm stupid, and I have to fill in a form, and it asks for a written statutory declaration. What exactly is that?

angelofdeath

A statutory declaration is a written statement of facts which is signed by the declarant or person making the statement and which is solemnly declared to be true before a court, a judicial officer or a Commissioner for Oaths.

Mossy Monk

i must be stupid too because the explanation makes no sense

hedgetrimmer

En Bref,

Tis a statement wot u write, like "I heard 2 shots in the alley at 8.13am and I delcare this to be true" type of thing, which, as angelofdeath says, has to be signed off as true by a court official or Commissioner for Oaths..sometimes a police officer does, but if you don't know who your local Commissioner for Oaths is, ask in your local cop shop.

Angelofdeath... you speak um legal speak, yesum?:D

mycroft

If you lie you can go to jail.......Or get sued......

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So, when I write this statement, I have to get it signed by one of the previous authority figures mentioned?

Basically, I'm emigrating, and moving in with my girlfriend who lives in another country. But to get into the country we've to prove that we've been seeing each other for a bit, and we need two people to make a statutory declaration that we have been.

mycroft

Yeah.

Ideally if you have a solicitor friend, or friend of the family, have them sign it.

Solicitors can be witnesses, thats why the have "comissioners of oaths" written on frosted glass on the door.

Or scrawled in crayon if they're Lionel Hutz.

If he practiced law in Ireland,

Or if he was real.

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Do they have to know anything about me at all, or do they just sign it?

Grom

pfft angelofdeath is a moron his sole purpose in life is to annoy others

Lump

Originally posted by mycroft
Yeah.

Ideally if you have a solicitor friend, or friend of the family, have them sign it.

Solicitors can be witnesses, thats why the have "comissioners of oaths" written on frosted glass on the door.

Or scrawled in crayon if they're Lionel Hutz.

If he practiced law in Ireland,

Or if he was real.

LOL.... Sorry just found this funny.


John

mycroft

Do they have to know anything about me at all, or do they just sign it?

Really depends on the person, on a case by case kinda thing. It's why I suggested a family or friendly solicitor......

angelofdeath

Originally posted by hedgetrimmer

Angelofdeath... you speak um legal speak, yesum?:D

hehe, no, google is my friend:D

Originally posted by Grom
pfft angelofdeath is a moron his sole purpose in life is to annoy others

:rolleyes: