FEDERAL · 28 U.S.C. · Chapter 115
State and Territorial statutes and judicial proceedings; full faith and credit
28 U.S.C. § 1738
Title28 — Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
Chapter115 — EVIDENCE; DOCUMENTARY
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28 U.S.C. § 1738.
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The Acts of the legislature of any State, Territory, or Possession of the United States, or copies thereof, shall be authenticated by affixing the seal of such State, Territory or Possession thereto.
The records and judicial proceedings of any court of any such State, Territory or Possession, or copies thereof, shall be proved or admitted in other courts within the United States and its Territories and Possessions by the attestation of the clerk and seal of the court annexed, if a seal exists, together with a certificate of a judge of the court that the said attestation is in proper form.
Such Acts, records and judicial proceedings or copies thereof, so authenticated, shall have the same full faith and credit in every court within the United States and its Territories and Possessions as th
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History
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 947.)
Editorial Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §687 (R.S. §905).
Words "Possession of the United States" were substituted for "of any country subject to the jurisdiction of the United States".
Words "or copies thereof" were added in three places. Copies have always been used to prove statutes and judicial proceedings under section 687 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed. The added words will cover expressly such use.
Words "and its Territories and Possessions" were added in two places so as to make this section and section 1739 of this title uniform, the basic section of the latter having provided that nonjudicial records or books of any State, Territory, or "country subject to the jurisdiction of the United States" should be admitted in any court or office in any other State, Territory, or "such country."
Words "a judge of the court" were substituted for "the judge, chief justice or presiding magistrate" without change of substance.
At the beginning of the last paragraph, words "Such Acts" were substituted for "And the said". This follows the language of Article IV, section 1 of the Constitution.
For additional provisions as to authentication, see Rule 44 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Changes were made in phraseology.
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §687 (R.S. §905).
Words "Possession of the United States" were substituted for "of any country subject to the jurisdiction of the United States".
Words "or copies thereof" were added in three places. Copies have always been used to prove statutes and judicial proceedings under section 687 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed. The added words will cover expressly such use.
Words "and its Territories and Possessions" were added in two places so as to make this section and section 1739 of this title uniform, the basic section of the latter having provided that nonjudicial records or books of any State, Territory, or "country subject to the jurisdiction of the United States" should be admitted in any court or office in any other State, Territory, or "such country."
Words "a judge of the court" were substituted for "the judge, chief justice or presiding magistrate" without change of substance.
At the beginning of the last paragraph, words "Such Acts" were substituted for "And the said". This follows the language of Article IV, section 1 of the Constitution.
For additional provisions as to authentication, see Rule 44 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Changes were made in phraseology.
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