---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 U.S.C. § 525"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
number: "525"
heading: "Procurement of law books, reference books, and periodicals; sale and exchange"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/525"
units:
  - "Part II — Department of Justice"
  - "Chapter 31 — The Attorney General"
---

# §525. Procurement of law books, reference books, and periodicals; sale and exchange


In the procurement of law books, reference books, and periodicals, the Attorney General may exchange or sell similar items and apply the exchange allowances or proceeds of such sales in whole or in part payment therefor.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 89–554, § 4(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 615.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and<br>Statutes at Large |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 341e. | July 28, 1950, ch. 503, § 3, 64 Stat. 380. |

The words “Attorney General” are substituted for “Department of Justice”.