§ 1507. — Filing document as constructive notice; publication in Federal Register as presumption of validity; judicial notice; citation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 44USC1507]
TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
CHAPTER 15--FEDERAL REGISTER AND CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
Sec. 1507. Filing document as constructive notice; publication
in Federal Register as presumption of validity; judicial notice;
citation
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 duplicate originals or certified copies
of the document have 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 printed 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.
(Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1276.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., Sec. 307 (July 26, 1935, ch. 417,
Sec. 7, 49 Stat. 502).
