As used in the Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act:
A. "boundaries of the United States" means the geographic boundaries of the United States, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands and any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States;
B. "law" includes the federal or a state constitution, a federal or state statute, a judicial decision or order, a rule of court, an executive order and an administrative rule, regulation or order;
C. "record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form;
D. "sign" means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:
(1) to execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or
(2) to attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol, sound or process.
E. "state" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States;
F. "sworn declaration" means a declaration in a signed record given under oath. The term includes a sworn statement, verification, certificate and affidavit; and
G. "unsworn declaration" means a declaration in a signed record that is not given under oath, but is given under penalty of perjury.
History: Laws 2009, ch. 78, § 2.
Effective dates. — Laws 2009, ch. 78, § 10 made the act effective July 1, 2009.
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