Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102
§6 Seal; Authenticated and Certified Documents; Evidence
Title 25 › CHAPTER 1 — BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS › § 6
Summary
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs must make an official seal for the office, and the President must approve its design. Copies of any public records or papers kept by the office that are stamped with that seal and signed by the Commissioner or the person acting for the Commissioner count as proof the same as the original documents.
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Title 25, §6
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The Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall cause a seal to be made and provided for the said office, with such device as the President of the United States shall approve, and copies of any public documents, records, books, maps, or papers belonging to or on the files of said office, authenticated by the seal and certified by the Commissioner thereof, or by such officer as may, for the time being, be acting as or for such Commissioner, shall be evidence equally with the originals thereof.
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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. § 6
Title 25, Indians
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Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102