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PUBLIC LAW 414-JUNE 27, 1952

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naturalization by the Attorney General, but only if the applicant is at the time within the United States. (b) If any certificate of naturalization or citizenship issued to any citizen or any declaration of intention furnished to any declarant is lost, mutilated, or destroyed, the citizen or declarant may make application to the Attorney General for a new certificate or declaration. If the Attorney General finds that the certificate or declaration is lost, mutilated, or destroyed, he shall issue to the applicant a new certificate or declaration. If the certificate or declaration has been mutilated, it shall be surrendered to the Attorney General before the applicant may receive such new certificate or declaration. If the certificate or declaration has been lost, the applicant or any other person who shall have, or may come into possession of it is hereby required to surrender it to the Attorney General. (c) The Attorney General shall issue for any naturalized citizen, on such citizen's application therefor, a special certificate of naturalization for use by such citizen only for the purpose of obtaining recognition as a citizen of the United States by a foreign state. Such certificate when issued shall be furnished to the Secretary of State for transmission to the proper authority in such foreign state. (d) If the name of any naturalized citizen has, subsequent to naturalization, been changed by order of any court of competent jurisdiction, or by marriage, the citizen may make application for a new certificate of naturalization in the new name of such citizen. If the Attorney General finds the name of the applicant to have been changed as claimed, the Attorney General shall issue to the applicant a new certificate and shall notify the naturalization court of such action. (e) The Attorney General is authorized to make and issue certifications of any part of the naturalization records of any court, or of any certificate of naturalization or citizenship, for use in complying with any statute. State or Federal, or in any judicial proceeding. No such certification shall be made by any clerk of court except upon order of the court. . FISCAL PROVISIONS


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SEC. 344. (a) The clerk of court shall charge, collect, and account for the following fees: (1) For making, filing, and docketing a petition for naturalization, $10, including the final hearing on such petition, if such hearing be held, and a certificate of naturalization, if the issuance of such certificate is authorized by the naturalization court. (2) For receiving and filing a declaration of intention, and issuing a duplicate thereof, $5. (b) The Attorney General shall charge, collect, and account for the following fees: (1) For application for a certificate of naturalization or declaration of intention in lieu of a certificate or declaration alleged to have been lost, mutilated, or destroyed, $5. (2) For application for a certificate of citizenship, $5. (3) For application for the issuance of a special certificate of citizenship to obtain recognition, $5. (4) For application for a certificate of naturalization under section 323 of the Nationality Act of 1940, or under section 343(a) of this title, $5. (5) For application for a certificate of citizenship in changed name, $5. (6) Reasonable fees in cases where such fees have not been established by law, to cover the cost of furnishing copies, whether certified or uncertified, of any part of the records, or information from the

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