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[CITE: 28USC1924]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                            PART V--PROCEDURE
 
                       CHAPTER 123--FEES AND COSTS
 
Sec. 1924. Verification of bill of costs

    Before any bill of costs is taxed, the party claiming any item of 
cost or disbursement shall attach thereto an affidavit, made by himself 
or by his duly authorized attorney or agent having knowledge of the 
facts, that such item is correct and has been necessarily incurred in 
the case and that the services for which fees have been charged were 
actually and necessarily performed.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 957.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 831 (R.S. Sec. 984; June 
10, 1921, ch. 18, Sec. 304, 42 Stat. 24).
    Section as revised conforms to existing Federal Practice. See note 
to subdivision (d) of Rule 54 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 
For discussion as to verification of bill of costs under existing 
practice, see--8 Hughes, Federal Practice, Jurisdiction and Procedure--
Civil and Criminal, Sec. 6441.
    Words ``or allowed by the General Accounting Office'' were omitted 
as unnecessary. That office will not allow items in a tax bill for costs 
against the United States unless such bill has been taxed by the court, 
and the court, under this section, cannot tax as costs items in an 
unverified bill.
    Changes were made in phraseology.
