43 U.S.C. § 83
Section 83 · Transcripts of records as evidence
Amended 4 times on record
Applied in 1 court decisions — leading case 127 Fed. Cl. 700 - Lord Noble Kato Bakari El v. United States (2016)
Most recently applied in 127 Fed. Cl. 700 - Lord Noble Kato Bakari El v. United States (August 2016)
Transcripts of the records in the district land offices, when made and duly certified to by the Secretary of the Interior or such officers as he may designate for individuals, shall be admitted as evidence in all courts of the United States and the Territories thereof, and before all officials authorized to receive evidence, with the same force and effect as the original records.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Codification
The words “and receivers” which followed “registers” in the original text were omitted as superseded by acts Oct. 28, 1921, and Mar. 3, 1925, providing for consolidation of the two offices. See, also, Transfer of Functions note below.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out under section 1451 of this title.
Words “district land offices” substituted for “offices of registers” and “the Secretary of the Interior or such officers as he may designate” substituted for “them” on authority of section 403 of 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of this title.
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Proof of official records, see rule 44, Title 28, Appendix, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
Effect of rule 44 on this section, see note by Advisory Committee set out under that rule.
Cross References
Government records and papers; copies, see section 1733 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.