Files
republic-os/legal/us/code/title-44/chapter-31/section-3104.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

48 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: "44 U.S.C. § 3104"
description: "Certifications and determinations on transferred records"
jurisdiction: "us"
corpus: "united_states_code"
kind: "code_section"
title_number: 44
title_name: "PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS"
chapter_number: "31"
chapter_name: "RECORDS MANAGEMENT BY FEDERAL AGENCIES"
section: "3104"
citation: "44 U.S.C. § 3104"
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_usc44@119-100.zip"
source_identifier: "/us/usc/t44/s3104"
source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-44/usc44.xml"
source_hash: "45b994543f9eaa63cf82206db1800a17d160cc4d29b1d89347b752fb3b821aeb"
raw_snapshot_hash: "2d7109056b4815718203e8d99c9ee6fe3ab744f578883b59654fe3adb211b4a0"
text_hash: "143fbc58e2750c63032699a2ce754bb5ec1080436bda41638e6b86f03488d7e3"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
confidence: "official"
tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
---
# 44 U.S.C. § 3104 - Certifications and determinations on transferred records
## Text
An official of the Government who is authorized to certify to facts on the basis of records in such officials custody, may certify to facts on the basis of records that have been transferred by such official or such officials predecessors to the Archivist, and may authorize the Archivist to certify to facts and to make administrative determinations on the basis of records transferred to the Archivist, notwithstanding any other law.
(Pub. L. 90620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1298; Pub. L. 98497, title I, § 107(b)(21), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2290; Pub. L. 113187, § 8(10), Nov. 26, 2014, 128 Stat. 2012.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision NotesBased on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 396(d) (June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title V, § 506(d), as added Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, § 6(d), 64 Stat. 583, and amended Feb. 5, 1964, Pub. L. 88265, 78 Stat. 8).
Editorial Notes
Amendments2014—Pub. L. 113187 substituted “such officials custody” for “his custody” and “such official or such officials predecessors” for “him or his predecessors”. 1984—Pub. L. 98497 substituted “Archivist” for “Administrator of General Services” and “Archivist” for “Administrator” wherever appearing.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1984 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 98497 effective Apr. 1, 1985, see section 301 of Pub. L. 98497, set out as a note under section 2102 of this title.