---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 8746"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "8746"
heading: "Administration of oaths by clerks and employees"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/8746"
units:
  - "Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps"
  - "Part IV — General Administration"
  - "Chapter 871 — Civilian Employees"
---

# §8746. Administration of oaths by clerks and employees

- (a) Chief clerks and inspectors attached to any office of inspector of naval material, chief clerks attached to the field service of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of the [Navy](/usc/10/8001.md?p=a-1), to naval shipyards and stations, and to [Marine Corps](/usc/10/8001.md?p=a-2) posts and stations, and such other clerks and employees attached to those activities as the [Secretary](/usc/10/8720.md?p=4) of the [Navy](/usc/10/8001.md?p=a-1) designates, may administer—
  - (1) oaths required by law or regulation relating to claims against, or applications to, the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) of [officers](/usc/10/8001.md?p=a-5) and of employees of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6); and
  - (2) oaths of office to [officers](/usc/10/8001.md?p=a-5) and employees of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6).
- (b) There may be no compensation for the administration of oaths under this section.

## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 463, § 7476; renumbered § 8746, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(6), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 7476 | 34 U.S.C. 217b. | Apr. 25, 1935, ch. 83, 49 Stat. 162. |

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 8746 was renumbered section 9276 of this title.

### Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7476 of this title as this section.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.