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[CITE: 8USC1450]

 
                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
                 CHAPTER 12--IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY
 
             SUBCHAPTER III--NATIONALITY AND NATURALIZATION
 
               Part II--Nationality Through Naturalization
 
Sec. 1450. Functions and duties of clerks and records of 
        declarations of intention and applications for naturalization
        
    (a) The clerk of each court that administers oaths of allegiance 
under section 1448 of this title shall--
        (1) deliver to each person administered the oath of allegiance 
    by the court pursuant to section 1448(a) of this title the 
    certificate of naturalization prepared by the Attorney General 
    pursuant to section 1421(b)(2)(A)(ii) of this title,
        (2) forward to the Attorney General a list of applicants 
    actually taking the oath at each scheduled ceremony and information 
    concerning each person to whom such an oath is administered by the 
    court, within 30 days after the close of the month in which the oath 
    was administered,
        (3) forward to the Attorney General certified copies of such 
    other proceedings and orders instituted in or issued out of the 
    court affecting or relating to the naturalization of persons as may 
    be required from time to time by the Attorney General, and
        (4) be responsible for all blank certificates of naturalization 
    received by them from time to time from the Attorney General and 
    shall account to the Attorney General for them whenever required to 
    do so.

No certificate of naturalization received by any clerk of court which 
may be defaced or injured in such manner as to prevent its use as herein 
provided shall in any case be destroyed, but such certificates shall be 
returned to the Attorney General.
    (b) Each district office of the Service in the United States shall 
maintain, in chronological order, indexed, and consecutively numbered, 
as part of its permanent records, all declarations of intention and 
applications for naturalization filed with the office.

(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 2, Sec. 339, 66 Stat. 259; Pub. 
L. 101-649, title IV, Sec. 407(d)(17), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 5045; 
Pub. L. 102-232, title I, Sec. 102(b)(1), Dec. 12, 1991, 105 Stat. 
1735.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-232, Sec. 102(b)(1)(F), inserted 
sentence at end relating to return of defaced or injured certificates of 
naturalization to Attorney General.
    Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 102-232, Sec. 102(b)(1)(A), added par. (1) 
and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: ``issue to each 
person to whom such an oath is administered a document evidencing that 
such an oath was administered,''.
    Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 102-232, Sec. 102(b)(1)(B), inserted ``a 
list of applicants actually taking the oath at each scheduled ceremony 
and'' after ``Attorney General''.
    Subsec. (a)(3), (4). Pub. L. 102-232, Sec. 102(b)(1)(C)-(E), added 
par. (4), redesignated former par. (4) as (3) and substituted ``, and'' 
for period at end, and struck out former par. (3) which directed clerk 
to make and keep on file evidence for each document issued.
    1990--Pub. L. 101-649 amended section generally, substituting 
provisions relating to functions and duties of clerks and records of 
declarations of intention and applications for naturalization, for 
provisions relating to functions and duties of clerks of naturalization 
courts.


                    Effective Date of 1991 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 102-232 effective 30 days after Dec. 12, 1991, 
see section 102(c) of Pub. L. 102-232, set out as a note under section 
1421 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 101-649 not applicable to functions and duties 
respecting petitions filed before Oct. 1, 1991, see section 408(c) of 
Pub. L. 101-649, set out as a note under section 1421 of this title.

  Abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service and Transfer of 
                                Functions

    For abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service, transfer of 
functions, and treatment of related references, see note set out under 
section 1551 of this title.