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§1119 Government Publications as Public Property

Title 44 › Chapter 11— EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIARY PRINTING AND BINDING › § 1119

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Non-Congressional officers must mark permanent government publications as U.S. Government property, keep them, and pass them to their successors.

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Title 44, §1119

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Government publications of a permanent nature furnished by authority of law to officers other than Members of Congress of the United States Government, for their official use, shall be stamped “Property of the United States Government,” and shall be preserved by them and delivered to their successors in office as a part of the property of the office.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 92 (part) (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 74, 28 Stat. 620; June 20, 1936, ch. 630, title VII, § 11, 49 Stat. 1552; Aug. 9, 1962, Pub. L. 87–679, § 8, 76 Stat. 355). This section incorporates only the first sentence of former section 92. The balance will be found in section 1911 of the revision.

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44 U.S.C. § 1119

Title 44Public Printing and Documents

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60