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4 U.S.C. § 101

U.S. CodeFederalPositive Law
Oath by members of legislatures and officers
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Title
4 — Flag and Seal, Seat of Government, and the States
Chapter
CH4
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

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Every member of a State legislature, and every executive and judicial officer of a State, shall, before he proceeds to execute the duties of his office, take an oath in the following form, to wit: “I, A B, do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States.” (July 30, 1947, ch. 389, 61 Stat. 643.)

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