# General Provisions (GGP)

## Title 2. Official Oaths

### Subtitle 2. Administration of Oath

#### Section 2-202

(a) The Governor and the Lieutenant Governor shall take and subscribe the oath required by Article I, Sec. 9 of the Maryland Constitution:

  (1) on the third Wednesday of January that next follows the election of the Governor, or as soon thereafter as is practicable, between the hours of noon and 2:00 p.m. in the chamber of the Senate of Maryland; and

  (2)

    (i) before the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland; or

    (ii) if the Chief Justice is unable to attend, before one of the associate justices of the Supreme Court of Maryland.

(b) The clerk of the Supreme Court of Maryland shall maintain a book that records the oaths taken and subscribed under this section.

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Md. Code Ann., Gen. Prov. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)