---
kind: "section"
citation: "44 U.S.C. § 3104"
title: "44"
title_heading: "Public Printing and Documents"
number: "3104"
heading: "Certifications and determinations on transferred records"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/44/3104"
units:
  - "Chapter 31 — Records Management by Federal Agencies"
---

# §3104. Certifications and determinations on transferred records


An official of the Government who is authorized to certify to facts on the basis of [records](/usc/44/2901.md?p=1) in such official’s custody, may certify to facts on the basis of [records](/usc/44/2901.md?p=1) that have been transferred by such official or such official’s predecessors to the [Archivist](/usc/44/2901.md?p=12), and may authorize the [Archivist](/usc/44/2901.md?p=12) to certify to facts and to make administrative determinations on the basis of [records](/usc/44/2901.md?p=1) transferred to the [Archivist](/usc/44/2901.md?p=12), notwithstanding any other law.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1298; Pub. L. 98–497, title I, § 107(b)(21), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2290; Pub. L. 113–187, § 8(10), Nov. 26, 2014, 128 Stat. 2012.)

## Notes

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 396(d) (June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title V, § 506(d), as added Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, § 6(d), 64 Stat. 583, and amended Feb. 5, 1964, Pub. L. 88–265, 78 Stat. 8).

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2014—Pub. L. 113–187 substituted “such official’s custody” for “his custody” and “such official or such official’s predecessors” for “him or his predecessors”.

1984—Pub. L. 98–497 substituted “Archivist” for “Administrator of General Services” and “Archivist” for “Administrator” wherever appearing.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 98–497 effective Apr. 1, 1985, see section 301 of Pub. L. 98–497, set out as a note under section 2102 of this title.