28 USC § 502 - Seal

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identifier: "/us/usc/t28/s502"
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title: "28 USC § 502 - Seal"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "502"
section_name: "Seal"
chapter_number: 31
chapter_name: "THE ATTORNEY GENERAL"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 89–554, § 4(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 611.)"
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# § 502. Seal

The Attorney General shall have a seal for the Department of Justice. The design of the seal is subject to the approval of the President.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 89–554, § 4(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 611.)

| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes andStatutes at Large |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 292. | R.S. § 353. |

The section is rewritten to conform to other statutes authorizing departmental seals. The words “The seal heretofore provided for the office of the Attorney General shall be” are omitted as obsolete.

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 502, , , related to appointment of assistant United States attorneys, prior to repeal by , and reenactment in  by .