44 U.S.C. § 1507
Section 1507 · Filing document as constructive notice; publication in Federal Register as presumption of validity; judicial notice; citation
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 224 court decisions — leading case Lyng v. Payne (1986)
Most recently applied in Euro SME Sdn Bhd v. United States (February 2024)
Cases citing this section usually also cite 5 U.S.C. § 706 · 19 U.S.C. § 1516A · 7 U.S.C. § 608C
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
A document required by section 1505(a) of this title to be published in the Federal Register is not valid as against a person who has not had actual knowledge of it until the document has been filed with the Office of the Federal Register and a copy made available for public inspection as provided by section 1503 of this title. Unless otherwise specifically provided by statute, filing of a document, required or authorized to be published by section 1505 of this title, except in cases where notice by publication is insufficient in law, is sufficient to give notice of the contents of the document to a person subject to or affected by it. The publication in the Federal Register of a document creates a rebuttable presumption—
(1) that it was duly issued, prescribed, or promulgated;
(2) that it was filed with the Office of the Federal Register and made available for public inspection at the day and hour stated in the published notation;
(3) that the copy contained in the Federal Register is a true copy of the original; and
(4) that all requirements of this chapter and the regulations prescribed under it relative to the document have been complied with.
The contents of the Federal Register shall be judicially noticed and without prejudice to any other mode of citation, may be cited by volume and page number.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., §307 (July 26, 1935, ch. 417, §7, 49 Stat. 502).
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2025—Pub. L. 118–267, §2(a)(2)(A), substituted "the document has been filed" for "the duplicate originals or certified copies of the document have been filed" in introductory provisions.
Par. (2). Pub. L. 118–267, §2(a)(2)(B), substituted "published" for "printed".