Unannotated Code of Maryland (Last Updated: May 16, 2014)

§ 16-107. Refusal or neglect to take oath

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   An individual elected or appointed to an office shall be deemed to have refused the office if the individual declines or neglects to take and subscribe the oath prescribed by Article I, § 9 of the Maryland Constitution or by law or ordinance:

   (1) within 30 days after the day when the office of a clerk of a circuit court receives the commission of the individual; or

   (2) if the commission is not sent to a clerk of a circuit court, within 30 days after the individual receives the commission or the notice of appointment.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 70, § 11; 1997, ch. 31, § 1.

                    
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