FEDERAL · 5 U.S.C. · Chapter SUBCHAPTER II—OATH OF OFFICE
Oath of office
5 U.S.C. § 3331
Title5 — Government Organization and Employees
ChapterSUBCHAPTER II—OATH OF OFFICE
This text of 5 U.S.C. § 3331 (Oath of office) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering United States primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Bluebook
5 U.S.C. § 3331.
Text
An individual, except the President, elected or appointed to an office of honor or profit in the civil service or uniformed services, shall take the following oath: "I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God." This section does not affect other oaths required by law.
Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI
Related
Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow
542 U.S. 1 (Supreme Court, 2004)
Law Students Civil Rights Research Council, Inc. v. Wadmond
401 U.S. 154 (Supreme Court, 1971)
Conklin Wallace v. Robert Christensen
802 F.2d 1539 (Ninth Circuit, 1986)
Newdow v. Roberts
603 F.3d 1002 (D.C. Circuit, 2010)
United States v. Gilberto Redondo-Lemos
955 F.2d 1296 (Ninth Circuit, 1992)
Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of Labor v. Sarasota Concrete Company and Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
693 F.2d 1061 (Eleventh Circuit, 1982)
United States v. Mitchell
39 M.J. 131 (United States Court of Military Appeals, 1994)
United States v. Antonio Torres
862 F.2d 1025 (Third Circuit, 1988)
National Treasury Employees Union v. Reagan
663 F.2d 239 (D.C. Circuit, 1981)
Herriott v. City of Seattle
500 P.2d 101 (Washington Supreme Court, 1972)
Association of American Physicians & Surgeons, Inc. v. Clinton
997 F.2d 898 (D.C. Circuit, 1993)
United States v. Meregildo
920 F. Supp. 2d 434 (S.D. New York, 2013)
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Coughlin
599 U.S. 382 (Supreme Court, 2023)
Marian S. Bevans v. Office of Personnel Management
900 F.2d 1558 (Federal Circuit, 1990)
Troutman v. United States
51 Fed. Cl. 527 (Federal Claims, 2002)
Whitaker v. Thompson
248 F. Supp. 2d 1 (District of Columbia, 2002)
Nix El v. Internal Revenue Service
233 F. Supp. 3d 65 (District of Columbia, 2017)
Jeffrey Lovitky v. Donald Trump
918 F.3d 160 (D.C. Circuit, 2019)
Rodearmel v. Clinton
666 F. Supp. 2d 123 (District of Columbia, 2009)
United States v. Elliott
15 M.J. 347 (United States Court of Military Appeals, 1983)
Source Credit
History
(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 424.)
Editorial Notes
All but the quoted language in R.S. §1757 is omitted as obsolete since R.S. §1757 was originally an alternative oath to the oath prescribed in R.S. §1756 which oath was repealed by the Act of May 13, 1884, ch. 46, §2, 23 Stat. 22. The words "An individual, except the President, . . . in the civil service or uniformed services" are substituted for "any person . . . either in the civil, military, or naval service, except the President of the United States". The second sentence of former section 16 is changed to read, "This section does not affect other oaths required by law.".
Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.
Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.
Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
5 U.S.C. § 3331, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/usc/5/3331.