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United States Dept of State image of the Great Seal of the United States

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Requests To Use the Great Seal And Coat of Arms

All of these uses of the Great Seal die and the design, or coat of arms, are official. Often private, non-official requests to use one or the other come to the Department of State. The Great Seal can be affixed only as provided by law and impressions of the seal cannot be made for display purposes or in response to requests for souvenirs or samples. This position has been applied not only to impressions made from the present die but also to impressions from earlier dies still in existence. As for the coat of arms, the Department has expressed concern in the past over the increasing tendency to use it in commercial enterprises and in ways that give the impression of U.S. Government sponsorship or involvement. However, it is the Department's current practice not to provide an opinion as to the suitability of proposed uses. The matter of legality is left to the Department of Justice. Title 18 of the U.S. Code, as revised in January 1971, prohibits use of the likeness of the Great Seal or any facsimile in "any advertisement, circular, book, pamphlet, or other publication, play, motion picture, telecast, or other production" for the purpose of conveying a false impression of sponsorship or approval by the U.S. Government under threat of a fine of not more than $250 or imprisonment of not more than six months, or both.

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