---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 U.S.C. § 4202"
title: "12"
title_heading: "Banks and Banking"
number: "4202"
heading: "Contents of declarations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/12/4202"
units:
  - "Chapter 43 — Actions Against Persons Committing Bank Fraud Crimes"
  - "Subchapter I — Declarations Providing New Claims to United States"
---

# §4202. Contents of declarations


A declaration filed pursuant to [section 4201 of this title](/usc/12/4201.md) shall—

- (1) set forth the name and address of the declarant and the basis for the declarant’s knowledge of the facts alleged;
- (2) allege under oath or affirmation specific facts, relating to a particular transaction or transactions, which constitute a prima facie case of a violation giving rise to an action for civil penalties under [section 1833a of this title](/usc/12/1833a.md) affecting a [depository institution](/usc/12/1861.md?p=b-4) insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other agency or entity of the United States;
- (3) contain at least 1 new factual element necessary to establish a prima facie case that was unknown to the Government at the time of filing; and
- (4) set forth all facts supporting the allegation of a violation described in [paragraph (2)](#2) known to the declarant, along with the names of material witnesses and the nature and location of documentary evidence known to the declarant.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–647, title XXV, § 2562, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4894.)