§ 14-3-13 — Correctional Officers - Oath of Office

Alabama § 14-3-13

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 14: Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities
• Ch. 3: Prison System
• Art. 1: General Provisions

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Every correctional officer, before performing the duties of his or her office, shall take and subscribe before an officer authorized to administer oaths, the following oath:
“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 Alabama, so long as I remain a citizen thereof; that I will faithfully execute and discharge all the duties required of me as _____ (designating the office), and observe all the regulations of the department for the care and rehabilitation of prisoners, so far as concerns my office; and will, in no case, ill treat or abuse any prisoner under my charge or control, nor inflict upon him or her any other or greater punishment than may be prescribed by the law or the regulations of the department. So help me God.”

Legislative History

(Code 1886, §4582; Code 1896, §4456; Code 1907, §6508; Code 1923, §3607; Code 1940, T. 45, §24; Act 2021-480, §3.)