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4 U.S.C. 101: Oath by members of legislatures and officersText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 4-FLAG AND SEAL, SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE STATESCHAPTER 4-THE STATES
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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.”

( July 30, 1947, ch. 389 , 61 Stat. 643 .)