Idaho Code § 59-401
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59-401 LOYALTY OATH — FORM.
Official statutory text
59-401. Loyalty oath — Form. Before any officer elected or appointed to fill any office created by the laws of the state of Idaho enters upon the duties of his office, he must take and subscribe an oath, to be known as the official oath, which is as follows:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the State of Idaho, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of (insert office) according to the best of my ability."
History:
[59-401, added 1983, ch. 160, sec. 2, p. 463.]
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the State of Idaho, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of (insert office) according to the best of my ability."
History:
[59-401, added 1983, ch. 160, sec. 2, p. 463.]
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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