§ 2013.Made in foreign state; before whom taken

An affidavit sworn in another state still needs to satisfy California's own rules before it can be used here, and this section supplies three ways to do that. The Governor of California can appoint a commissioner in another state specifically to take affidavits and depositions there, and an affidavit taken before that commissioner qualifies. So does an affidavit taken before any notary public in the other state, and so does one taken before a judge or clerk of a court of record that has a seal.

Any one of the three options works; the section does not require all of them or rank one above another. The point is to give someone outside California a familiar, accessible official to swear an affidavit before, without forcing them to travel to California or find a California-commissioned officer nearby.