Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102

§4220 Medium for Payment of Fees

Title 22 › CHAPTER 52 — FOREIGN SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER XIV — POWERS, DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF CONSULAR OFFICERS GENERALLY › § 4220

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Diplomatic and consular officers must collect any fees owed to the United States in U.S. coins or in foreign money that equals the same value.

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Title 22, §4220

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All fees collected by diplomatic and consular officers for and in behalf of the United States shall be collected in the coin of the United States, or at its representative value in exchange.

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Codification R.S. § 1746 derived from act Aug. 18, 1856, ch. 127, § 30, 11 Stat. 63. Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 which comprises this chapter. Section was formerly classified to section 1202 of this title, and prior thereto to section 128 of this title.

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22 U.S.C. § 4220

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102