Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73not60
§1466 Administration of Oaths, Affirmations, Etc., by Employees of Division of Investigations; Force and Effect
Title 43 › Chapter 31— DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR › § 1466
Summary
Special agents and other Division of Investigations employees who are named by the Secretary of the Interior can give or take oaths, sworn statements, or depositions when needed for their official work. If the agent or employee signs and certifies the document, it counts the same as if it were done before an official with a seal.
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Title 43, §1466
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Special agents and such other employees of the Division of Investigations, Department of the Interior of the United States, as are designated by the Secretary of the Interior for that purpose, are authorized and empowered to administer to or take from any person an oath, affirmation, affidavit, or deposition whenever necessary in the performance of their official duties. Any such oath, affirmation, affidavit, or deposition administered or taken by or before a special agent or such other employee of the Division of Investigations, Department of the Interior, designated by the Secretary of the Interior, when certified under his hand, shall have like force and effect as if administered or taken before an officer having a seal.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 498 of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, § 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.
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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 under section 1451 of this title.
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43 U.S.C. § 1466
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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