7 USC § 2218 - Fee for administering or taking oaths, affirmations, and affidavits

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title: "7 USC § 2218 - Fee for administering or taking oaths, affirmations, and affidavits"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "2218"
section_name: "Fee for administering or taking oaths, affirmations, and affidavits"
chapter_number: 55
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Jan. 31, 1925, ch. 124, § 2, 43 Stat. 803.)"
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# § 2218. Fee for administering or taking oaths, affirmations, and affidavits

section 2217 of this title

No officer, agent, or employee of the Department of Agriculture shall demand or accept any fee or compensation whatsoever for administering or taking any oath, affirmation, or affidavit under the authority conferred by .

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**Source Credit**: (Jan. 31, 1925, ch. 124, § 2, 43 Stat. 803.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to  prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by , , .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Department of the Interior Personnel

Application to Department of the Interior employees, see note under .

## Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of Agriculture by 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 2, § 1, eff. , 18 F.R. 3219, , set out as a note under .