Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73
§36 Special agents and other officers to administer oaths
Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 2— - OFFICERS OF INDIAN AFFAIRS › § 36
Summary
Allows investigators of Indian agencies and schools to make people swear to tell the truth and to question officers, employees, and others.
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Title 25, §36
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Each special agent, supervisor of schools, or other official charged with the investigation of Indian agencies and schools, in the pursuit of his official duties shall have power to administer oaths and to examine on oath all officers and persons employed in the Indian Service, and all such other persons as may be deemed necessary and proper.
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Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Indian AgentsThe services of Indian agents have been dispensed with. See note set out under section 64 of this title.
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Transfer of Functions
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Transfer of Functions
of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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25 U.S.C. § 36
Title 25 — Indians
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73