---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 U.S.C. § 583"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
number: "583"
heading: "Oath of office"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/583"
units:
  - "Part II — Department of Justice"
  - "Chapter 39 — United States Trustees"
---

# §583. Oath of office


Each United States trustee and assistant United States trustee, before taking office, shall take an oath to execute faithfully his duties.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 95–598, title II, § 224(a), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2663.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section 408(c) of Pub. L. 95–598, as amended, which provided for the repeal of this section and the deletion of any references to United States Trustees in this title at a prospective date, was repealed by section 307(b) of Pub. L. 99–554. See note set out preceding section 581 of this title.