---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 U.S.C. § 1423d"
title: "48"
title_heading: "Territories and Insular Possessions"
number: "1423d"
heading: "Oath of office"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/48/1423d"
units:
  - "Chapter 8A — Guam"
  - "Subchapter III — The Legislature"
---

# §1423d. Oath of office


Every member of the legislature and all officers of the government of Guam shall take the following oath or affirmation:

“I solemnly swear (or affirm) in the presence of Almighty God that I will well and faithfully support the Constitution of the United States, the laws of the United States applicable to Guam and the laws of Guam, and that I will conscientiously and impartially discharge my duties as a member of the Guam Legislature (or as an officer of the government of Guam).”


## Source credit

(Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, § 14, 64 Stat. 388.)