Title 4, Flag and Seal; Seat of Government; StatesRelease 119-102
§101 Oath by Members of Legislatures and Officers
Title 4 › CHAPTER 4 — THE STATES › § 101
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Every state legislator and every state executive or judicial officer must, before acting, swear to support the U.S. Constitution.
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Title 4, §101
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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.”
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4 U.S.C. § 101
Title 4, Flag and Seal; Seat of Government; States
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102