Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§218 Returns as to Passports Issued, Etc.
Title 22 › CHAPTER 4 — PASSPORTS › § 218
Summary
Anyone authorized to give, issue, or verify passports must report each passport's holder name and details to the Secretary of State as required.
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Title 22, §218
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All persons who shall be authorized to grant, issue, or verify passports, shall make return of the same to the Secretary of State, in such manner and as often as he shall require; and such returns shall specify the names and all other particulars of the persons to whom the same shall be granted, issued, or verified, as embraced in such passport.
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Codification R.S. § 4077 derived from act May 30, 1866, ch. 102, 14 Stat. 54.
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22 U.S.C. § 218
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102