4 USC § 101 - Oath by members of legislatures and officers

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title: "4 USC § 101 - Oath by members of legislatures and officers"
title_number: 4
title_name: "FLAG AND SEAL, SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE STATES"
section_number: "101"
section_name: "Oath by members of legislatures and officers"
chapter_number: 4
chapter_name: "THE STATES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-03-03"
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source_credit: "(July 30, 1947, ch. 389, 61 Stat. 643.)"
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# § 101. Oath by members of legislatures and officers

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.”

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**Source Credit**: (July 30, 1947, ch. 389, 61 Stat. 643.)