Federal · Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions

48 U.S.C. § 874: Judicial process; officials to be citizens of United States; oath

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

This statute establishes procedural requirements for judicial process naming, specifies that officials must be U.S. citizens, and requires officials to take an oath supporting the U.S. Constitution and Puerto Rico laws.

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All judicial process shall run in the name of “United States of America, ss, the President of the United States”, and all penal or criminal prosecutions in the local courts shall be conducted in the name and by the authority of “The People of Puerto Rico.” All officials shall be citizens of the United States, and, before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, shall take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and the laws of Puerto Rico.

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