Maryland Statutes
§ 2-202
Maryland § 2-202
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Md. Code Ann., General Provisions § 2-202 (2026).
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(a)The Governor and the Lieutenant Governor shall take and subscribe the oath required by Article I, § 9 of the Maryland Constitution:
(1)on the third Wednesday of January that next follows the election of the Governor, or as soon thereafter as is practicable, between the hours of noon and 2:00 p.m. in the chamber of the Senate of Maryland; and
(2)(i) before the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland; or
(ii)if the Chief Justice is unable to attend, before one of the associate justices of the Supreme Court of Maryland.
(b)The clerk of the Supreme Court of Maryland shall maintain a book that records the oaths taken and subscribed under this section.
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