2020 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 4 - Passports
Sec. 212 - Persons entitled to passport

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Citation 22 U.S.C. § 212 (2020)
Section Name §212. Persons entitled to passport
Section Text

No passport shall be granted or issued to or verified for any other persons than those owing allegiance, whether citizens or not, to the United States.

Source Credit

(R.S. §4076; June 14, 1902, ch. 1088, §2, 32 Stat. 386.)


Editorial Notes EDITORIAL NOTES CODIFICATION

R.S. §4076 derived from act May 30, 1866, ch. 102, 14 Stat. 54.

AMENDMENTS

1902—Act June 14, 1902, substituted "those owing allegiance, whether citizens or not, to the United States" for "citizens of the United States".

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 4 - PASSPORTS
Sec. 212 - Persons entitled to passport
Contains section 212
Date 2020
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 13, 2021
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 14 Stat. 54
32 Stat. 386
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