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Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1434 (2026)

Opposition to oath; affirmation.

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REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961


Act 236 of 1961


600.1434 Opposition to oath; affirmation.

Sec. 1434.

    Every person conscientiously opposed to taking an oath may, instead of swearing, solemnly and sincerely affirm, under the pains and penalties of perjury.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1982–2019 · leading case: Donkers v. Kovach, 745 N.W.2d 154 (Mich. Ct. App. 2008).
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Donkers v. Kovach, 745 N.W.2d 154 (Mich. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 55× “1432; MCL 600.1434; People v. Knox, 115 Mich. App.”
People v. Putman, 870 N.W.2d 593 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 3× “1432 and MCL 600.1434, witnesses injudicial proceedings must swear or affirm that their testimony will be true.”
People v. Sardy, 884 N.W.2d 808 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 9× “See MRE 603 (“Before testifying, every witness shall be required to declare that the witness will testify truthfully, by oath or affirmation administered in a form calculated to awaken the witness's conscience and impress the witness's mind with the duty to do so.”
People v. Ramos, 424 N.W.2d 509 (Mich. 1988). · cites it 4× “Persons "conscientiously opposed" to taking an oath may instead "solemnly and sincerely affirm," MCL 600.1434; MSA 27A.1434; guardians may make oaths on behalf of mental incompetents, MCL 600.”
People v. Knox, 321 N.W.2d 713 (Mich. Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 3× “Defendant first asserts that the revocation of probation must be reversed because the two probation officers who spoke against him were not required to take an oath or make an affirmation before testifying.”
Donkers v. Kovach, 749 N.W.2d 744 (Mich. 2008). · cites it 2× “MCL 600.1434. For the reasons set forth by Judge Markey, I do not believe that this alternative procedure vitiates the requirement of an upraised right hand.”
People of Michigan v. Lajuan Joseph Jemison (Mich. Ct. App. 2019). “1432(1) or MCL 600.1434, MRE 603 controls. Donkers, 277 Mich App at 373 .”
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