28 USC § 2250 - Indigent petitioner entitled to documents without cost
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identifier: "/us/usc/t28/s2250"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "28 USC § 2250 - Indigent petitioner entitled to documents without cost"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "2250"
section_name: "Indigent petitioner entitled to documents without cost"
chapter_number: 153
chapter_name: "HABEAS CORPUS"
part_number: "VI"
part_name: "PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 966.)"
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# § 2250. Indigent petitioner entitled to documents without cost
If on any application for a writ of habeas corpus an order has been made permitting the petitioner to prosecute the application in forma pauperis, the clerk of any court of the United States shall furnish to the petitioner without cost certified copies of such documents or parts of the record on file in his office as may be required by order of the judge before whom the application is pending.
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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 966.)
### Historical and Revision Notes
Derived from H.R. 4232, Seventy-ninth Congress, first session. It conforms to the prevailing practice.