§ 1746. Unsworn declarations under penalty of perjury

Statutory text

Wherever, under any law of the United States or under any rule, regulation, order, or requirement made pursuant to law, any matter is required or permitted to be supported, evidenced, established, or proved by the sworn declaration, verification, certificate, statement, oath, or affidavit, in writing of the person making the same (other than a deposition, or an oath of office, or an oath required to be taken before a specified official other than a notary public), such matter may, with like force and effect, be supported, evidenced, established, or proved by the unsworn declaration, certificate, verification, or statement, in writing of such person which is subscribed by him, as true under penalty of perjury, and dated, in substantially the following form:

If executed without the United States: “I declare (or certify, verify, or state) under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on (date).

(Signature)”.

If executed within the United States, its territories, possessions, or commonwealths: “I declare (or certify, verify, or state) under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on (date).

(Signature)”.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1976
Pub. L. 94–550 § 1(a) · 90 Stat. 2534
Enacted · 28 U.S.C. § 1746
(Added Pub. L. 94–550, § 1(a), Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2534.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Added Pub. L. 94–550, § 1(a), Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2534.)
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) by inserting immediately after “to whom such oath has been administered” the following: “(or who has executed an unsworn declaration, certificate, verification, or statement under penalty of perjury as permitted under section 1746 of title 28, United States Code)”; and

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 1746 was renumbered section 1745 of this title.

Credits

(Added Pub. L. 94–550, § 1(a), Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2534.)