Commissioner for Oaths - Statutory Decaration

chrisrsmith

I need to have a Statutory Declaration 'sworn' by a Commissioner for Oaths (namely a solicitor - unless anybody else is legally able?), however I have contacted multiple in my area and everyone is stating that due to Covid, they are not providing this service as it's face2face.
Any ideas / suggestions as how to unblock this situation?

I am in Carmarthen Wales.

Jeremy535897

There is some guidance here:
https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/en/topics/coronavirus/lexis-nexis-protocol-for-virtual-statutory-declarations

Uxb1

Are you SURE you need a full "commissioner for oaths", or will a standard sworn declaration in front of a solicitor do
A standard solicitor is usually is not a commissioner for oaths - even finding a Commissioner might be difficult normally outside of cities.

unlikelyheroine

Uxb1 said:

Are you SURE you need a full "commissioner for oaths", or will a standard sworn declaration in front of a solicitor do
A standard solicitor is usually is not a commissioner for oaths - even finding a Commissioner might be difficult normally outside of cities.

All practising solicitors are commissioners for oaths. 

(They are usually not also qualified as notaries public though, which might be what you're thinking of, notarisation often being required for documents in civil law jurisdictions). 

OP -- you should check whether the person who has asked for the statutory declaration will accept one carried out via video conference call, as described in the guidance Jeremy535897 posted. You might find a solicitor who is prepared to consider doing this and the person who wants the stat dec might accept this method. 

chrisrsmith

Thank you all for your input - I have now managed to find a solicitor that was willing to do this face2face (through plastic screen)

Uxb1

unlikelyheroine said:

(They are usually not also qualified as notaries public though, which might be what you're thinking of, notarisation often being required for documents in civil law jurisdictions).

Ah yes indeed my apologies, I was getting confused with public notaries...oooops