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8 U.S.C. § 1450 — Functions and duties of clerks and records of declarations of intention and applications for naturalization

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8 U.S.C. § 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1448&num=0&edition=prelim) shall— (1) deliver to each person administered the oath of allegiance by the court pursuant to [section 1448(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1448/a&num=0&edition=prelim) the certificate of naturalization prepared by the Attorney General pursuant to [section 1421(b)(2)(A)(ii) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1421/b/2/A/ii&num=0&edition=prelim), (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,

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8 U.S.C. § 1448 — Oath of renunciation and allegiance

**(a) Public ceremony** A person who has applied for naturalization shall, in order to be and before being admitted to citizenship, take in a public ceremony before the Attorney General or a court with jurisdiction under [section 1421(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1421/b&num=0&edition=prelim) an oath (1) to support the Constitution of the United States; (2) to renounce and abjure absolutely and entirely all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which the applicant was before a subject or citizen; (3) to support and defend the Constitution and the laws of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; (4) to bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and (5)(A) to bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law, or (B) to perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by the law, or (C) to perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law. Any such person shall be required to take an oath containing the substance of clauses (1) to (5) of the preceding sentence, except that a person who shows by clear and convincing evidence to the satisfaction of the Attorney General that he is opposed to the bearing of arms in the Armed Forces of the United States by reason of religious training and belief shall be required to take an oath containing the substance of clauses (1) to (4) and clauses (5)(B) and (5)(C) of this subsection, and a person who shows by clear and convincing evidence to the satisfaction of the Attorney General that he is opposed to any type of service in the Armed Forces of the United States by reason of religious training and belief shall be req

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8 U.S.C. § 1551 — Immigration and Naturalization Service

There is created and established in the Department of Justice an Immigration and Naturalization Service.

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8 U.S.C. § 1421 — Naturalization authority

**(a) Authority in Attorney General** The sole authority to naturalize persons as citizens of the United States is conferred upon the Attorney General. **(b) Court authority to administer oaths** (1) **Jurisdiction** — Subject to [section 1448(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1448/c&num=0&edition=prelim)— (A) *General jurisdiction* — Except as provided in subparagraph (B), each applicant for naturalization may choose to have the oath of allegiance under [section 1448(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1448/a&num=0&edition=prelim) administered by the Attorney General or by an eligible court described in paragraph (5). Each such eligible court shall have authority to administer such oath of allegiance to persons residing within the jurisdiction of the court. (B) *Exclusive authority* — An eligible court described in paragraph (5) that wishes to have exclusive authority to administer the oath of allegiance under [section 1448(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1448/a&num=0&edition=prelim) to persons residing within the jurisdiction of the court during the period described in paragraph (3)(A)(i) shall notify the Attorney General of such wish and, subject to this subsection, shall have such exclusive authority with respect to such persons during such period. (2) **Information** (A) *General information* — In the case of a court exercising authority under paragraph (1), in accordance with procedures established by the Attorney General— (i) the applicant for naturalization shall notify the Attorney General of the intent to be naturalized before the court, and (ii) the Attorney Gener

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8 U.S.C. § 1450 — Functions and duties of clerks and

Page 518 TITLE 8—ALIENS AND NATIONALITY § 1450 plication was filed and the title, authority, and location of the official or court administering the oath of allegiance; statement that the At- torney General, having found that the applicant had complied in all respects with all of the ap- plicable provisions of the naturalization laws of the United States, and was entitled to be admit- ted a citizen of the United States of America, thereupon ordered that the applicant be admit- ted as a citizen of the United States of America; attestation of an immigration officer; and the seal of the Department of Justice. (June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 2, § 338, 66 Stat. 259; Pub. L. 101–649, title IV, § 407(c)(19), (d)(16), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 5041, 5045; Pub. L. 102–232, title III, § 305(j), Dec. 12, 1991, 105 Stat. 1750; Pub. L. 103–416, title I, § 104(a), title II, § 219(z)(3), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4308, 4318.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1994—Pub. L. 103–416, § 219(z)(3), repealed Pub. L. 102–232, § 305(j)(1). See 1991 Amendment note below. Pub. L. 103–416, § 104(a), struck out ‘‘intends to reside permanently in the United States, except in cases fall- ing within the provisions of section 1435(a) of this title,’’ before ‘‘had complied in’’. 1991—Pub. L. 102–232, § 305(j)(2), substituted ‘‘district’’ for ‘‘District’’ before ‘‘office of the Service’’. Pub. L. 102–232, § 305(j)(1), which made a technical cor- rection to Pub. L. 101–649, § 407(d)(16)(C), which was un- necessary because the language sought to be corrected was already correct in Pub. L. 101–649 (see 1990 Amend- ment note below) was repealed by Pub. L. 103–416, § 219(z)(3). See Construction of 1994 Amendment note below. 1990—Pub. L. 101–649 substituted ‘‘application’’ for ‘‘pet

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