A complaint is valid as long as it has been sworn to even if the person administering the oath does not sign the jurat.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. The oath administrator's signature is required for validity
• D. The oath administrator's signature is optional

Answer: (B)

The key idea is that an oath or affidavit is officially valid only when it is administered and attested by an authorized officer. The jurat lines serve as the official attestation that someone swore to the contents before that officer, and the officer’s signature (often with their seal) is what proves the oath actually occurred before an authorized person. If the oath administrator does not sign the jurat, there is no official verification that the oath was administered, so the sworn statement isn’t properly witnessed and would not be valid. So the statement is not correct: the administrator’s signature is needed for the oath to be legally effective.