28 U.S.C. § 1746
Unsworn declarations under penalty of perjury
United States · Title 28 — JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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- 28 U.S.C. § 1746, Unsworn declarations under penalty of perjury, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/465352
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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:
(Signature)”.
(Signature)”.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- A bill to permit the use of unsworn declarations under penalty of perjury as evidence in Federal proceedings.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally