277.28 - OATH REQUIRED.
277.28 OATH REQUIRED.
Each director elected at a regular district or director district
election shall qualify by taking the oath of office on or before the
time set for the organization meeting of the board and the election
and qualification entered of record by the secretary. The oath may
be administered by any qualified member of the board or the secretary
of the board and may be taken in substantially the following form:
"Do you solemnly swear that you will support the Constitution of
the United States and the Constitution of the State of Iowa and that
you will faithfully and impartially to the best of your ability
discharge the duties of the office of ..... (naming the office) in
...... (naming the district) as now or hereafter required by law?"
If the oath of office is taken elsewhere than in the presence of
the board in session it may be administered by any officer listed in
sections 63A.1 and 63A.2 and shall be subscribed to by the person
taking it in substantially the following form:
"I, ......, do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution
of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Iowa and
that I will faithfully and impartially to the best of my ability
discharge the duties of the office of ...... (naming the office) in
...... (naming the district) as now or hereafter required by law."
Such oath shall be properly verified by the administering officer
and filed with the secretary of the board. Section History: Early Form
[C51, § 1113, 1120; R60, § 2032, 2079; C73, § 1752, 1790; C97, §
2758; S13, § 2758; C24, 27, § 4214; C31, 35, § 4216-c28; C39, §
4216.28; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §
277.28] Section History: Recent Form
88 Acts, ch 1038, § 3
Referred to in § 260C.15, 273.8, 279.3, 279.6, 279.7