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Title 22Foreign RelationsPart / Section
Chapter IDepartment of State1 – 199
Subchapter FNationality and Passports50 – 53
Part 51Passports51.1 – 51.74
§ 51.1Definitions.
Subpart AGeneral51.2 – 51.10
Subpart BApplication51.20 – 51.29
Subpart CEvidence of U.S. Citizenship or Nationality51.40 – 51.46
§ 51.40Burden of proof.
§ 51.41Documentary evidence.
§ 51.42Persons born in the United States applying for a passport for the first time.
§ 51.43Persons born outside the United States applying for a passport for the first time.
§ 51.44Proof of resumption or retention of U.S. citizenship.
§ 51.45Department discretion to require evidence of U.S. citizenship or non-citizen nationality.
§ 51.46Return or retention of evidence of U.S. citizenship or non-citizen nationality.
Subpart DFees51.50 – 51.56
Subpart EDenial, Revocation, and Restriction of Passports and Cancellation of Consular Reports of Birth Abroad51.60 – 51.66
Subpart FProcedures for Review of Certain Denials and Revocations51.70 – 51.74
§ 51.70Request for hearing to review certain denials and revocations.
§ 51.71The hearing.
§ 51.72Transcript and record of the hearing.
§ 51.73Privacy of hearing.
§ 51.74Final decision.