---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 1200.4"
title: "36"
number: "1200.4"
heading: "How does NARA use its official seals?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/1200.4"
---

# §1200.4. How does NARA use its official seals?


NARA uses its three official seals to authenticate various copies of documents and for informational purposes as follows:

- (a) **The National Archives and Records Administration seal, dated 1985, is used—**
  - (1) For official business;
  - (2) To authenticate copies of Federal records in NARA's temporary custody and copies of NARA operational records; and
  - (3) For informational purposes with NARA's prior approval (includes use by NARA employees, the public, and other Federal agencies).
- (b) The National Archives seal, dated 1934, is used to authenticate copies of documents in NARA's permanent legal custody.
- (c) The National Archives Trust Fund Board seal, dated 1941, is used for Trust Fund documents and publications.

## Notes

### Amendments

[67 FR 72101, Dec. 4, 2002, as amended at 76 FR 1524, Jan. 11, 2011]

### 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.

### Amendments

[67 FR 72101, Dec. 4, 2002, as amended at 76 FR 1524, Jan. 11, 2011]