---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 C.F.R. § 7.2008"
title: "12"
number: "7.2008"
heading: "Oath of national bank directors."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/12/7.2008"
---

# §7.2008. Oath of national bank directors.

- (a) **Administration of the oath.** The oath of directors must be administered by:
  - (1) A notary public, including one who is a director but not an officer of the national bank; or
  - (2) Any person, including one who is a director but not an officer of the national bank, having an official seal and authorized by the State to administer oaths.
- (b) **Execution of the oath.** Each national bank director must execute either a joint or individual oath at the first meeting of the board of directors that the director attends after the director is appointed or elected. A national bank director must take another oath upon re-election, notwithstanding uninterrupted service. Appropriate sample oaths may be found in the Charter Booklet of the Comptroller's Licensing Manual available at www.occ.gov.
- (c) **Filing and recordkeeping.** A national bank must file the original executed oaths of directors with the appropriate OCC licensing office, as defined in [12 CFR 5.3](/cfr/12/5.3.md), and retain a copy in the bank's records.

## Notes

### Amendments

[61 FR 4862, Feb. 9, 1996, as amended at 64 FR 60099, Nov. 4, 1999; 82 FR 8104, Jan. 23, 2017; 85 FR 80470, Dec. 11, 2020; 85 FR 83735, Dec. 22, 2020]

### Authority

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1 et seq., 25b, 29, 71, 71a, 92, 92a, 93, 93a, 95(b)(1), 371, 371d, 481, 484, 1462a, 1463, 1464, 1465, 1818, 1828, 3102(b), and 5412(b)(2)(B).

### Source

Source: 61 FR 4862, Feb. 9, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[61 FR 4862, Feb. 9, 1996, as amended at 64 FR 60099, Nov. 4, 1999; 82 FR 8104, Jan. 23, 2017; 85 FR 80470, Dec. 11, 2020; 85 FR 83735, Dec. 22, 2020]