2005 Idaho Code - 59-407 — INABILITY TO APPEAR -- TAKING OATH

                                  TITLE  59
                          PUBLIC OFFICERS IN GENERAL
                                  CHAPTER 4
                                OATH OF OFFICE
    59-407.  INABILITY TO APPEAR -- TAKING OATH. Whenever any elective state
official shall be unable to appear for the taking of his oath as provided for
in this code, for any reason, including his being a member of the armed forces
of the United States, he may be sworn in and may take his oath wherever he may
be, before an officer duly authorized to administer oath and if any person
duly elected to a state elective position be in the armed forces of the United
States of America at the time for taking his oath as provided in this chapter,
he may appear before any person qualified to administer an oath, as prescribed
in section 55-705, and may take the oath of office provided for in section
59-401 and the oath shall have the same force and effect as though it were
taken before an officer, legally granted the right to administer oaths within
the state of Idaho.