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Oaths of Office - Authorized individuals who may administer oaths
Officer | Administers Oaths for | Authority |
Attorney General | Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Lieutenant Governor |
MCL 15.37 |
City Clerk | All offices1 | MCL 168.499, 87.6 |
Clerk of Court | All offices1 | MCL 15.37, 600.1440(1) |
Clerk of the House | State Senator or State Representative | MCL 4.84 |
County Clerk | All offices1 | MCL 600.571, 600.1440(1) |
Judge | All offices2 | MCL 15.37, 600.1440(1) |
Justice of Supreme Court | All offices | MCL 15.37, 600.1440(1) |
Lieutenant Governor | State Senator or State Representative | MCL 4.84 |
Mayor of City | Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Lieutenant Governor |
MCL 15.37 |
Notary Public | All offices | MCL 15.37, 600.1440(1) |
President pro tempore of the Senate | State Senator or State Representative | MCL 4.84 |
Secretary of the Senate | State Senator or State Representative | MCL 4.84 |
Secretary of State | Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Lieutenant Governor |
MCL 15.37, 38.1026 |
Speaker of the House | State Senator or State Representative | MCL 4.84 |
State Senator or Representative | All offices1 | MCL 4.121 |
Township Clerk | All offices1 | MCL 168.363, 168.499 |
Village Clerk | All offices1 | MCL 64.5, 168.499 |
1 Excluding Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Lieutenant Governor, or member of State Senate or State House.
2 Excluding member of State Senate or State House.