Fla. Stat. 876.05
Public employees; oath

(1)

All persons who now or hereafter are employed by or who now or hereafter are on the payroll of the state, or any of its departments and agencies, subdivisions, counties, cities, school boards and districts of the free public school system of the state or counties, or institutions of higher learning, except candidates for federal office, are required to take an oath before any person duly authorized to take acknowledgments of instruments for public record in the state in the following form:

I, , a citizen of the State of Florida and of the United States of America, and being employed by or an officer of and a recipient of public funds as such employee or officer, do hereby solemnly swear or affirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States and of the State of Florida.

(2)

Said oath shall be filed with the records of the governing official or employing governmental agency prior to the approval of any voucher for the payment of salary, expenses, or other compensation.

Source: Section 876.05 — Public employees; oath, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0876.­05 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

876.01
Advocacy of specified doctrines relating to overthrow of constitutional government by force or violence prohibited 876.02
Criminal anarchy, Communism, and other specified doctrines 876.03
Unlawful assembly for purposes of anarchy, communism, or other specified doctrines 876.04
Allowing unlawful assembly in building prohibited 876.05
Public employees 876.06
Discharge for refusal to execute 876.08
Penalty for not discharging 876.09
Scope of law 876.10
False oath 876.11
Public place defined 876.12
Wearing mask, hood, or other device on public way 876.13
Wearing mask, hood, or other device on public property 876.14
Wearing mask, hood, or other device on property of another 876.15
Wearing mask, hood, or other device at demonstration or meeting 876.16
Sections 876.17
Placing burning or flaming cross in public place 876.18
Placing burning or flaming cross on property of another 876.19
Exhibits that intimidate 876.20
Wearing mask and placing exhibit to intimidate 876.21
Sections 876.22
Subversive activities law 876.23
Subversive activities unlawful 876.24
Membership in subversive organization 876.25
Persons convicted under s 876.26
Unlawful for subversive organizations to exist or function 876.27
Enforcement of ss 876.28
Grand jury to investigate violations of ss 876.29
Subversive person prohibited from holding office or employment 876.30
Subversive person not to be candidate for election 876.31
Short title 876.32
Treason 876.33
Misprision of treason 876.34
Combination to usurp government 876.35
Combination against part of the people of the state 876.36
Inciting insurrection 876.37
Sabotage prevention law 876.38
Intentional injury to or interference with property 876.39
Intentionally defective workmanship 876.40
Attempts 876.41
Conspirators 876.42
Witnesses’ privileges 876.43
Unlawful entry on property 876.44
Questioning and detaining suspected persons 876.45
Closing and restricting use of highway 876.46
Penalty for going upon closed or restricted highway 876.47
Rights of labor 876.48
Relation to other statutes 876.49
Construction 876.50
Effective period of law 876.51
Short title 876.52
Public mutilation of flag 876.155
Applicability

Current through Fall 2025

§ 876.05. Pub. employees; oath's source at flsenate​.gov