Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 277.28 (2026)

Oath required

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1. Each director elected at a regular district or director district election shall qualify by taking the oath of office on or before the time set for the organization meeting of the board and the election and qualification entered of record by the secretary. The oath may be administered by any qualified member of the board or the secretary of the board and may be taken in substantially the following form: Do you solemnly swear that you will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Iowa and that you will faithfully and impartially to the best of your ability discharge the duties of the office of .................... (naming the office) in ........................ (naming the district) as now or hereafter required by law?

2. If the oath of office is taken elsewhere than in the presence of the board in session it may be administered by any officer listed in sections 63A.1 and 63A.2 and shall be subscribed to by the person taking it in substantially the following form: I, ........................, do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Iowa and that I will faithfully and impartially to the best of my ability discharge the duties of the office of ........................ (naming the office) in ........................ (naming the district) as now or hereafter required by law.

3. Such oath shall be properly verified by the administering officer and filed with the secretary of the board. [C51, §1113, 1120; R60, §2032, 2079; C73, §1752, 1790; C97, §2758; S13, §2758; C24, 27, §4214; C31, 35, §4216-c28; C39, §4216.28; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §277.28] 88 Acts, ch 1038, §3; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §98 Referred to in §260C.15, 273.8, 279.3, 279.6, 279.7 \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1964–1986 · leading case: Appeal of Bd. of Directors of Grimes Ind. Sch. Dist., 131 N.W.2d 802 (Iowa 1964).

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Appeal of Bd. of Directors of Grimes Ind. Sch. Dist., 131 N.W.2d 802 (Iowa 1964). · cites it 4× “It also provides the appointee shall qualify within ten days in the manner required by section 277.28. Section 277.28 requires a director to qualify by taking an oath of office and filing same with the secretary of the board.”

Good v. Crouch, 397 N.W.2d 757 (Iowa 1986). · cites it 2× “In any case of a special election as provided herein to fill a vacancy occurring among the elective officers or members of a school board before the expiration of a full term, the person so elected shall qualify within ten days thereafter in the manner required by section 277.28…”

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