17 U.S.C. § 1312 : US Code - Section 1312: Oaths and acknowledgments

Search 17 U.S.C. § 1312 : US Code - Section 1312: Oaths and acknowledgments

(a) In General. - Oaths and acknowledgments required by this
chapter -
(1) may be made -
(A) before any person in the United States authorized by law
to administer oaths; or
(B) when made in a foreign country, before any diplomatic or
consular officer of the United States authorized to administer
oaths, or before any official authorized to administer oaths in
the foreign country concerned, whose authority shall be proved
by a certificate of a diplomatic or consular officer of the
United States; and
(2) shall be valid if they comply with the laws of the State or
country where made.
(b) Written Declaration in Lieu of Oath. - (1) The Administrator
may by rule prescribe that any document which is to be filed under
this chapter in the Office of the Administrator and which is
required by any law, rule, or other regulation to be under oath,
may be subscribed to by a written declaration in such form as the
Administrator may prescribe, and such declaration shall be in lieu
of the oath otherwise required.
(2) Whenever a written declaration under paragraph (1) is used,
the document containing the declaration shall state that willful
false statements are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both,
pursuant to section 1001 of title 18, and may jeopardize the
validity of the application or document or a registration resulting
therefrom.