Title 26Internal Revenue CodeRelease 119-73

§6801 Authority for establishment, alteration, and distribution

Title 26 › Subtitle Subtitle F— - Procedure and Administration › Chapter CHAPTER 69— - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO STAMPS › § 6801

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may make or change stamps, marks, and labels used for federal tax laws and must supply the instructions, forms, and adhesive stamps or dies needed to show stamp taxes.

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Title 26, §6801

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(a)The Secretary may establish, and from time to time alter, renew, replace, or change the form, style, character, material, and device of any stamp, mark, or label under any provision of the laws relating to internal revenue.
(b)The Secretary shall prepare and distribute all the instructions, regulations, directions, forms, blanks, and stamps; and shall provide proper and sufficient adhesive stamps and other stamps or dies for expressing and denoting the several stamp taxes.

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

Amendments

1984—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–369 struck out “, except that stamps required by or prescribed pursuant to the provisions of section 5205 or section 5235 may be prepared and distributed by persons authorized by the Secretary, under such controls for the protection of the revenue as shall be deemed necessary” before the period at end. 1976—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–455 struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94–455 and Pub. L. 94–569 struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary” and provided that stamps required by or prescribed pursuant to the provisions of section 5205 or section 5235 may be prepared and distributed by persons authorized by the Secretary, under such controls for the protection of the revenue as shall be deemed necessary.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1984 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 98–369 effective July 1, 1985, see section 456(b) of Pub. L. 98–369, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 5101 of this title.

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Citation

26 U.S.C. § 6801

Title 26Internal Revenue Code

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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