(A) (1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) below, every elected officer, appointed official, and deputy, before commencing with such officer’s, official’s, or deputy’s official duties, shall take an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the state, and that the elected officer, appointed official, or deputy will faithfully discharge the duties of his or her respective office.
(2) This section applies to a deputy of a political subdivision. An individual appointed as a deputy is considered an employee of the political subdivision performing ministerial functions on behalf of an officer and is not required to take the oath prescribed by division (A)(1) above. However, if a chief deputy assumes the duties of an office during a vacancy under I.C. 3-13-11-12, the chief deputy must take the oath required under division (A)(1) above before entering on the official duties of the office.
(B) The oath required by division (A) above, except in the case of a notary public or in those cases specified in I.C. 5-4-1-3, shall be endorsed on the:
(1) Commission;
(2) Certificate, if a certificate was issued under I.C. 3-10-7-34, I.C. 3-12-4, or I.C. 3-12-5; and
(3) Certificate of appointment pro tempore under I.C. 3-13-11-11, signed by the person taking the oath, and certified to by the elected officer before whom it was taken, who shall also deliver to the person taking the oath a certified copy of the oath.
(C) The copy of the oath under I.C. 5-4-1-2 shall be deposited by the person as follows:
(1) Of all officers whose oath is endorsed on or attached to the commission and whose duties are not limited to a particular county; and
(2) Of the Circuit Court Clerk, officers of a political subdivision or school corporation, and constables of a small claims court, in the Circuit Court Clerk’s office of the county containing the greatest percentage of the population of the political subdivision or school corporation.
(D) Unless otherwise permitted by I.C. 5-4-1-18, the following city officers and city employees shall file an individual surety bond in the name of such officer in such amount as required under I.C. 5-4-1-18, as the same may be amended, restated, or replaced, from time to time:
(1) Controllers, clerks, and clerk-treasurers; and
(2) Those employees directed to file an individual bond by the fiscal body of the city.