---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 2906"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "2906"
heading: "Oath; custody"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/2906"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart A — General Provisions"
  - "Chapter 29 — Commissions, Oaths, Records, and Reports"
  - "Subchapter I — Commissions, Oaths, and Records"
---

# §2906. Oath; custody


The oath of [office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) taken by an individual under [section 3331 of this title](/usc/5/3331.md) shall be delivered by him to, and preserved by, the House of Congress, [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1), or [court](/usc/5/8401.md?p=7) to which the [office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) pertains.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 412.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and<br>Statutes at Large |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 21. | R.S. § 1759. |

Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.