Title 44 — Public Printing and Documents
Chapter 15 — Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations
§ 1507. Filing document as constructive notice; publication in Federal Register as presumption of validity; judicial notice; citation
Statutory text
A document required by section 1505(a) of this title to be published in the Federal Register is not valid as against a person who has not had actual knowledge of it until the document has been filed with the Office of the Federal Register and a copy made available for public inspection as provided by section 1503 of this title. Unless otherwise specifically provided by statute, filing of a document, required or authorized to be published by section 1505 of this title, except in cases where notice by publication is insufficient in law, is sufficient to give notice of the contents of the document to a person subject to or affected by it. The publication in the Federal Register of a document creates a rebuttable presumption—
that it was duly issued, prescribed, or promulgated;
that it was filed with the Office of the Federal Register and made available for public inspection at the day and hour stated in the published notation;
that the copy contained in the Federal Register is a true copy of the original; and
that all requirements of this chapter and the regulations prescribed under it relative to the document have been complied with.
The contents of the Federal Register shall be judicially noticed and without prejudice to any other mode of citation, may be cited by volume and page number.
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.
Pub. L. 90–620 · 82 Stat. 1238
Enacted · 44 U.S.C. § 1507
Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1276
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1276Pub. L. 118–267 § 2(a)(2)(A) · 138 Stat. 2983
Substituted · 44 U.S.C. § 1507
Pub. L. 118–267, § 2(a)(2)(A), substituted “the document has been filed” for “the duplicate originals or certified copies of the document have been filed” in introductory provisions
Unresolved: Pub. L. 118–267 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 118–267, § 2(a)(2)(A), substituted “the document has been filed” for “the duplicate originals or certified copies of the document have been filed” in introductory provisions.Pub. L. 118–267 § 2(a)(2)(B) · 138 Stat. 2983
Substituted · 44 U.S.C. § 1507(2)
Pub. L. 118–267, § 2(a)(2)(B), substituted “published” for “printed”
Unresolved: Pub. L. 118–267 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Par. (2). Pub. L. 118–267, § 2(a)(2)(B), substituted “published” for “printed”.
0 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial · 2 unresolved
Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 307 (July 26, 1935, ch. 417, § 7, 49 Stat. 502).
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2025—Pub. L. 118–267, § 2(a)(2)(A), substituted “the document has been filed” for “the duplicate originals or certified copies of the document have been filed” in introductory provisions.
Par. (2). Pub. L. 118–267, § 2(a)(2)(B), substituted “published” for “printed”.
Credits
1968–2025 · 2 acts
- 1968Pub. L. 90–620, , 82 Stat. 1276
- 2025Pub. L. 118–267, § 2(a)(2), , 138 Stat. 2983.
Show as published
(Pub. L. 90–620, , 82 Stat. 1276; Pub. L. 118–267, § 2(a)(2), , 138 Stat. 2983.)