39 USC § 1011 - Oath of office

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identifier: "/us/usc/t39/s1011"
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title: "39 USC § 1011 - Oath of office"
title_number: 39
title_name: "POSTAL SERVICE"
section_number: "1011"
section_name: "Oath of office"
chapter_number: 10
chapter_name: "EMPLOYMENT WITHIN THE POSTAL SERVICE"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 733.)"
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# § 1011. Oath of office

Before entering upon their duties and before receiving any salary, all officers and employees of the Postal Service shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation:

“I, ________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter.”section 2903 of title 5

A person authorized to administer oaths by the laws of the United States, including , or of a State or territory, or an officer, civil or military, holding a commission under the United States, or any officer or employee of the Postal Service designated by the Board may administer and certify the oath or affirmation.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 733.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , pursuant to Resolution No. 71–9 of the Board of Governors. See , set out as a note preceding .