Title 1, General ProvisionsRelease 119-102
§114 Sealing of Instruments
Title 1 › CHAPTER 2 — ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS; FORMALITIES OF ENACTMENT; REPEALS; SEALING OF INSTRUMENTS › § 114
Summary
When a federal law requires a seal on a commission, court paper, or other official document, the seal can be made by pressing it directly into the paper. A seal pressed into the paper counts the same as one made on wax or other sticky material.
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Title 1, §114
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In all cases where a seal is necessary by law to any commission, process, or other instrument provided for by the laws of Congress, it shall be lawful to affix the proper seal by making an impression therewith directly on the paper to which such seal is necessary; which shall be as valid as if made on wax or other adhesive substance.
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1 U.S.C. § 114
Title 1, General Provisions
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102