28 U.S.C. § 954 — Vacancy in clerk position; absence of clerk

submitted 78 years ago by ch. 646 to r/title-28-JUDICIARY-AND-JUDICIAL-PROCEDURE · 78 words · no verdicts yet

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Deputy clerks perform the clerk’s duties when the clerk’s office is vacant or the clerk cannot perform official duties. The court may also temporarily designate a deputy clerk to act as clerk in that deputy’s own name.

When the clerk’s office is vacant, the deputy clerks must perform the clerk’s duties in the name of the last person who held the office. When the clerk is incapacitated, absent, or otherwise unavailable, they must perform the duties in the clerk’s name. The court may designate a deputy clerk to act temporarily as clerk in the deputy’s own name.

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When the office of clerk is vacant, the deputy clerks shall perform the duties of the clerk in the name of the last person who held that office. When the clerk is incapacitated, absent, or otherwise unavailable to perform official duties, the deputy clerks shall perform the duties of the clerk in the name of the clerk. The court may designate a deputy clerk to act temporarily as clerk of the court in his or her own name.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 926; Pub. L. 92–310, title II, § 206(f), June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 203; Pub. L. 104–317, title II, § 204(a), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3850.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 646 · 62 Stat. 926
1972Amended · Pub. L. 92-310 · 86 Stat. 203
1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-317 · 110 Stat. 3850

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 646 on 1948-06-25.

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