Douglasdale Commissioner for Oaths
(Same Day Appointments)

Commissioner for Oaths are expected to comply with the highest standards of behavior as set out in the Notaries & Commissioners Act and the Commissioners for Oaths Regulation.

Commissioner for Oaths in the Province of Alberta can administer oaths and take and receive affidavits, affirmations and declarations in and for Alberta. A document that is not specific to Alberta must bear the signature of a notary public rather than a Commissioner of Oath.

Please note that a Commissioner for Oaths is not a Notary Public.   Some documents can be signed by both, some only by a Notary Public.  A Notary Public will generally charge you considerably more then a Commissioner as all Notaries are also lawyers, while not every Commissioner is.

Below is a list of documents a Commissioner of Oaths CAN sign:

• Delayed birth registration forms;
• Application to amend birth registration;
• Declaration affirming parentage;
• Election to change of name of child under the age of 12;
• Statutory declaration by an applicant to correct an error in registration;
• Legal name change application;
• Blank statutory declaration;
• Insurance claims;
• Dower consents
• Common law status affidavits;
• Special invitations to family members overseas;
• Passport applications (in lieu of guarantor);
• Pension purpose attestations of recipient being alive and confirming their residency;
• Residency document;
• Lost passport;
• Single status certificate;
• Federal government permanent residency card applications
• Municipal Information Form (MIF) for liquor license;
• Affidavit waiving vaccinations based on religious grounds;
  
  Below is a list of documents a Commissioner of Oaths CANNOT sign:
• Travel consent letter
• Documents that need to be certified or if true copies need to be authored;
• Forms which call upon a Commissioner of Oath, yet also request certified true copies of other documents as attachments. Because the Commissioner cannot certify attachments, they cannot sign the affixed application (as listed above, the only exception is that of a federal government permanent residency application);
• Affidavits of true affidavits required for an applicant of a marriage license. These must be signed by a notary public. These documents are to be taken to a lawyer for appropriate advice and assistance.

Please note we reserve the right to refuse commissioning services of any document.