Files
republic-os/legal/us/code/title-43/chapter-31/section-1476a.md
T
Fabio 76b8ec33a7 Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)
Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code
now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-06 10:51:44 -04:00

46 lines
2.5 KiB
Markdown
Raw Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "LegalText"
title: "43 U.S.C. § 1476a"
description: "Unsworn written statements subject to penalties of presenting false claims"
jurisdiction: "us"
corpus: "united_states_code"
kind: "code_section"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
chapter_number: "31"
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
section: "1476a"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 1476a"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
source: "official"
source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc43@119-100.zip"
source_identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s1476a"
source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-43/usc43.xml"
source_hash: "428857a03c0ae1318c31022f39c5bd2abcdbf7bdca8e261e7069a134a05ddb89"
raw_snapshot_hash: "d46a16361aa9d10bbc4b27ea0561882d240801c965a2700a4b7cf5f02f552a5f"
text_hash: "4e5f91e039c2e7d829b6ce4dd679e43eb14961b29cf2e66b63db8ae7c41350fb"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
confidence: "official"
tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
---
# 43 U.S.C. § 1476a - Unsworn written statements subject to penalties of presenting false claims
## Text
Unsworn written statements made in public land matters within the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior shall remain subject to section 1001 of title 18.
(June 3, 1948, ch. 392, § 2, 62 Stat. 301.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1212 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. “Section 1001 of title 18” substituted in text for “section 35(A) of the Criminal Code (35 Stat. 1095, 18 U.S.C. sec. 80), as amended” on authority of act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 683, the first section of which enacted Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Exemption of Department of the Interior From Restrictions on Notary PublicAct June 3, 1948, ch. 392, § 3, 62 Stat. 301, provided: “That part of section 558 of the Act of March 3, 1901, entitled An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia (31 Stat. 1279), as amended December 15, 1944 (58 Stat. 810, D.C. Code, 1951 edition, sec. 1501 [now sec. 11201(a)]), which reads as follows: And provided further, That no notary public shall be authorized to take acknowledgments, administer oaths, certify papers, or perform any official acts in connection with matters in which he is employed as counsel, attorney or agent or in which he may be in any way interested before any of the Departments aforesaid shall not apply to matters before the Department of the Interior.”