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2011 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 28 Secretary of State
Section 28.020. Oath of office and bond.


MO Rev Stat § 28.020. What's This?

Oath of office and bond.

28.020. The secretary of state, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation to support the Constitution of the United States and of this state, and to demean himself faithfully in office, which shall be endorsed upon his commission, and enter into bond, with security to be approved by the governor, to the state of Missouri, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, conditioned that he will well and truly perform the duties of secretary of state; which bond shall be attested by the governor, and deposited in the office of the governor.

(RSMo 1939 12994, A.L. 1945 p. 1724)

Prior revisions: 1929 11369; 1919 11610; 1909 11181

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