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Title 28 - Judiciary and Judicial Procedure Part V - Procedure Chapter 115 - Evidence Documentary 1746. Unsworn Declarations Under Penalty of Perjury
Title 28 - Judiciary and Judicial Procedure Part V - Procedure Chapter 115 - Evidence Documentary 1746. Unsworn Declarations Under Penalty of Perjury
NB: This unofficial compilation of the U.S. Code is current as of Jan. 4, 2012 (see http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/uscprint.html).
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:
(1) 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).
(2) 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).
(Added Pub. L. 94550, 1(a), Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2534.)
Prior Provisions
A prior section 1746 was renumbered section 1745 of this title.
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