---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 U.S.C. § 961"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
number: "961"
heading: "Office expenses of clerks"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/961"
units:
  - "Part III — Court Officers and Employees"
  - "Chapter 57 — General Provisions Applicable to Court Officers and Employees"
---

# §961. Office expenses of clerks


Each clerk of court shall be allowed his necessary office expenses when authorized by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts.


## Source credit

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 927.)

## Notes

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§ 544, 563 (Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 517, § 2, 26 Stat. 826; Feb. 26, 1919, ch. 49, § 5, 40 Stat. 1182; Mar. 4, 1921, ch. 161, § 1, 41 Stat. 1412; June 1, 1922, ch. 204, title II, 42 Stat. 616; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158; June 25, 1936, ch. 804, 49 Stat. 1921).

Section consolidates parts of sections 544 and 563 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed. For remainder of such sections, see Distribution Table.

Changes were made in phraseology.