---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 1200.2"
title: "36"
number: "1200.2"
heading: "How is each NARA seal designed?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/1200.2"
---

# §1200.2. How is each NARA seal designed?


NARA's three official seals are illustrated in Figures 1, 2, and 3.

A description of each seal is as follows:

- (a) **The National Archives and Records Administration seal.** The design is illustrated below in Figure 1 and described as follows:
  - (1) **The seal is centered on a disc with a double-line border.**
  - (2) The words “NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION” encircle the inside of the seal and the date 1985 is at the bottom center.
  - (3) A solid line rendition of a heraldic eagle displayed holding in its left talon 13 arrows, in its right talon a branch of olive, bearing on its breast a representation of the shield of the United States.
  - (4) Displayed above the eagle's head is a partially unrolled scroll inscribed with the words “LITTERA SCRIPTA MANET” one above the other.
- (b) **National Archives seal.** The design is illustrated below and described as in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section. However, the words “THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES” encircle the inside of the seal and the date 1934 is at the bottom center.
- (c) **National Archives Trust Fund Board seal.** The design is illustrated below and described as in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section. However, the words “NATIONAL ARCHIVES TRUST FUND BOARD” encircle the inside of the seal and the date 1941 is at the bottom center.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 18 U.S.C. 506, 701, and 1017; 44 U.S.C. 2104(e), 2116(b), 2302.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 72101, Dec. 4, 2002, unless otherwise noted.