10 USC § 8012 - Department of the Navy: seal

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title: "10 USC § 8012 - Department of the Navy: seal"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8012"
section_name: "Department of the Navy: seal"
chapter_number: 803
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "ORGANIZATION"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 511(c)(2), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1043, § 5012; renumbered § 8012, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(a)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)"
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# § 8012. Department of the Navy: seal

The Secretary of the Navy shall have a seal for the Department of the Navy. The design of the seal must be approved by the President. Judicial notice shall be taken of the seal.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 511(c)(2), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1043, § 5012; renumbered § 8012, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(a)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 8012 was renumbered .

Another prior section 8012 was renumbered  and subsequently repealed.

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .