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Home > Oath of Office
Maine Oath of Office
The Maine Oath of Office is defined by
Article IX, Section 1
of the Constitution of the State of Maine. It requires
"Every person elected or appointed to either of the places or offices
provided in this Constitution, and every person elected, appointed, or
commissioned to any judicial, executive, military or other office under this
State" to take the oath of office. The oath is actually two
oaths:
I, (name) do swear, that I will support the Constitution of the United States
and of this State, so long as I shall continue a citizen thereof.
So help me God.
I (name) do swear, that I will faithfully discharge, to the best of my
abilities, the duties incumbent on me as (office) according to the
Constitution and laws of the State.
So help me God.
Alternatively, an equivalent affirmation may be administered to those who
do not wish to swear an oath:
I, (name) do affirm, that I will support the Constitution of the United States
and of this State, so long as I shall continue a citizen thereof.
This I do under the pains and penalties of perjury.
I, (name) do affirm, that I will faithfully discharge, to the best of my
abilities, the duties incumbent on me as (office) according to the
Constitution and laws of the State.
This I do under the pains and penalties of perjury.
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