63.1  Time.

Each officer, elective or appointive, before entering upon the officer's duties, shall qualify by taking the prescribed oath and by giving, when required, a bond, which qualification shall be perfected, unless otherwise specified, after being certified as elected but not later than noon of the first day which is not a Sunday or a legal holiday in January of the first year of the term for which the officer was elected. "Legal holiday" means those days provided in section 1C.1.

Section History: Early form

  [C51, § 319, 334, 335; R60, § 549, 564, 565; C73, § 670, 685-687; C97, § 1177; S13, § 1177; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 1045; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 63.1]

Section History: Recent form

  85 Acts, ch 81, §1

Footnotes

  Prescribed oath, § 63.5, 63.6, 63.10; bonds, chapter 64

  Unavoidable casualty, § 63.3


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