ORS 204.020
When terms of office commence

  • filing oath of office and undertaking

(1)

The term of office of each officer elected pursuant to ORS 204.005 (Election or appointment of county officers) commences on the first Monday of January next following election to office.

(2)

Before entering upon any elective office listed in ORS 204.005 (Election or appointment of county officers), the person who has received a certificate of election must qualify by filing with the county clerk of the county in which the person is elected the person’s oath of office, subscribed by the person, to the effect that the person will support the Constitution of the United States and of this state, and faithfully carry out the office being assumed. The person shall also give and file the undertaking provided for under subsection (3) of this section.

(3)

A county governing body may require, by ordinance, for the filing by each officer under ORS 204.005 (Election or appointment of county officers), prior to that officer assuming office, of an official undertaking with such surety as the governing body determines necessary or of an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an insured institution, as defined in ORS 706.008 (Additional definitions for Bank Act), in either case in a reasonable amount with the county governing body. [Amended by 1981 c.41 §1; 1983 c.327 §15; 1991 c.331 §46; 1997 c.631 §426; 2009 c.491 §4; 2017 c.749 §1]

Source: Section 204.020 — When terms of office commence; filing oath of office and undertaking, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors204.­html.

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Current through early 2024

§ 204.020’s source at oregon​.gov