NYS Public Law §10 requires "every officer shall take and file the oath of office required by law." It further states, "every officer of a municipal corporation, including a school district, with the clerk thereof; and, every other officer, including trustees and officers of a public library and the officers of boards of cooperative educational services, in the office of the clerk of the county in which he shall reside, if no place be otherwise provided by law for the filing thereof."
NYS Public Law §30 (1)(h) states "his refusal or neglect to file his official oath or undertaking, if one is required, before or within thirty days after the commencement of the term of office for which he is chosen, if an elective office, or if an appointive office, within thirty days after notice of his appointment, or within thirty days after the commencement of such term; or to file a renewal undertaking within the time required by law, or if no time be so specified, within thirty days after notice to him in pursuance of law, that such renewal undertaking is required. The neglect or failure of any state or local officer to execute and file his oath of office and official undertaking within the time limited therefor by law, shall not create a vacancy in the office if such officer was on active duty in the armed forces of the United States and absent from the county of his residence at the time of his election or appointment, and shall take his oath of office and execute his official undertaking within thirty days after receipt of notice of his election or appointment, and provided such oath of office and official undertaking be filed within ninety days following the date it has been taken and subscribed, any inconsistent provision of law, general, special, or local to the contrary, notwithstanding."
The following officers must file with the County Clerk in St. Lawrence County:
- Town Justice
- Town Clerk/Deputy Town Clerk
- Trustees of Public Library
- Notaries Public
- Commissioner of Deeds
- Registrar of Vital Statistics/Assistant Registrar
- County Legislators
- Members of All County Boards
- County Officers
- County Judges
- Any Other Office Designated by Law
Please call 315-379-2237 for more information.
