26 USC § 6065 - Verification of returns

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identifier: "/us/usc/t26/s6065"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "26 USC § 6065 - Verification of returns"
title_number: 26
title_name: "INTERNAL REVENUE CODE"
section_number: "6065"
section_name: "Verification of returns"
chapter_number: 61
chapter_name: "INFORMATION AND RETURNS"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "Returns and Records"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "SIGNING AND VERIFYING OF RETURNS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 749; Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1906(a)(6), (b)(13)(A), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1824, 1834.)"
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# § 6065. Verification of returns

Except as otherwise provided by the Secretary, any return, declaration, statement, or other document required to be made under any provision of the internal revenue laws or regulations shall contain or be verified by a written declaration that it is made under the penalties of perjury.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 749; Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1906(a)(6), (b)(13)(A), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1824, 1834.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1976—, struck out provisions relating to the authority of the Secretary or his delegate to require that any return, statement, or other document to be made under provision of the internal revenue laws or regulations shall be verified by an oath.

, struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1976 Amendment

Amendment by  effective on first day of first month which begins more than ninety days after , see , set out as a note under .