27 CFR § 20.36 - Execution under penalties of perjury.
---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t27/s20.36"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "27 CFR § 20.36 - Execution under penalties of perjury."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "20.36"
section_name: "Execution under penalties of perjury."
chapter_name: "ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ALCOHOL"
part_number: "20"
part_name: "DISTRIBUTION AND USE OF DENATURED ALCOHOL AND RUM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "26 U.S.C. 5001, 5206, 5214, 5271-5275, 5311, 5552, 5555, 5607, 6065, 6109, 7805."
regulatory_source: "T.D. ATF-199, 50 FR 9162, Mar. 6, 1985, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "20"
---
# 20.36 Execution under penalties of perjury.
(a) When any form or document prescribed by this part is required to be executed under penalties of perjury, the dealer or user or other authorized person shall:
(1) Insert the declaration “I declare under the penalties of perjury that I have examined this ________ (insert the type of document such as claim, application, statement, report, certificate), including all supporting documents, and to the best of my knowledge and belief, it is true, correct, and complete”; and
(2) Sign the document.
(b) When the required document already bears a perjury declaration, the dealer or user or other authorized person shall sign the document.
(26 U.S.C. 6065)
[T.D. ATF-199, 50 FR 9162, Mar. 6, 1985, as amended by T.D. ATF-332, 57 FR 40849, Sept. 8, 1992]