Sec. 339. functions and duties of clerks and records of declarations of intention and applications for naturalization470
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## Sec. 339 functions and duties of clerks and records of declarations of intention and applications for naturalization470 **[**[8 U.S.C. 1450](/us/usc/t8/s1450)**]** ###
(a)The clerk of each court that administers oaths of allegiance under section 337 shall— 470Section 339 was amended in its entirety by §407(d)(17) of the Immigration Act of 1990 (P.L. 101–649, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 5045) and was further amended by §102(b)(1) of the Miscellaneous and Technical Immigration and Naturalization Amendments of 1991 (P.L. 102–232, Dec. 12, 1991, 105 Stat. 1735), effective as of January 11, 1992. ####
(1)deliver to each person administered the oath of allegiance by the court pursuant to section 337(a) the certificate of naturalization prepared by the Attorney General pursuant to section 310(b)(2)(A)(ii), ####
(2)forward to the Attorney General a list of applicants actually taking the oath at each scheduled ceremony and information concerning each person to whom such an oath is administered by the court, within 30 days after the close of the month in which the oath was administered, ####
(3)forward to the Attorney General certified copies of such other proceedings and orders instituted in or issued out of the court affecting or relating to the naturalization of persons as may be required from time to time by the Attorney General, and ####
(4)be responsible for all blank certificates of naturalization received by them from time to time from the Attorney General and shall account to the Attorney General for them whenever required to do so. No certificate of naturalization received by any clerk of court which may be defaced or injured in such manner as to prevent its use as herein provided shall in any case be destroyed, but such certificates shall be returned to the Attorney General. ###
(b)Each district office of the Service in the United States shall maintain, in chronological order, indexed, and consecutively numbered, as part of its permanent records, all declarations of intention and applications for naturalization filed with the office.
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functions and duties of clerks and records of declarations of intention and applications for naturalization470
Stat.104 Stat. 5045
Stat.105 Stat. 1735
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