Part 51 — Passports

• § 51.1— Definitions.

Subpart A — General

• § 51.2— Passport issued to nationals only.
• § 51.3— Types of passports.
• § 51.4— Validity of passports.
• § 51.5— Adjudication and issuance of passports.
• § 51.6— Verification of passports and release of information from passport records.
• § 51.7— Passport property of the U.S. Government.
• § 51.8— Submission of currently valid passport.
• § 51.9— Amendment of passports.
• § 51.10— Replacement passports.

Subpart B — Application

• § 51.20— General.
• § 51.21— Execution of passport application.
• § 51.22— Passport agents and passport acceptance agents.
• § 51.23— Identity of applicant.
• § 51.24— Affidavit of identifying witness.
• § 51.25— Name of applicant to be used in passport.
• § 51.26— Photographs.
• § 51.27— Incompetents.
• § 51.28— Minors.
• § 51.29— Attorney or other third-party assistance.

Subpart C — Evidence of U.S. Citizenship or Nationality

• § 51.40— Burden of proof.
• § 51.41— Documentary evidence.
• § 51.42— Persons born in the United States applying for a passport for the first time.
• § 51.43— Persons born outside the United States applying for a passport for the first time.
• § 51.44— Proof of resumption or retention of U.S. citizenship.
• § 51.45— Department discretion to require evidence of U.S. citizenship or non-citizen nationality.
• § 51.46— Return or retention of evidence of U.S. citizenship or non-citizen nationality.

Subpart D — Fees

• § 51.50— Form of payment.
• § 51.51— Passport fees.
• § 51.52— Exemption from payment of passport fees.
• § 51.53— Refunds.
• § 51.54— Replacement passports without payment of applicable fees.
• § 51.55— Execution fee not refundable.
• § 51.56— Expedited passport processing.

Subpart E — Denial, Revocation, and Restriction of Passports and Cancellation of Consular Reports of Birth Abroad

• § 51.60— Denial and restriction of passports.
• § 51.61— Denial of passports to certain convicted drug traffickers.
• § 51.62— Revocation or limitation of passports and cancellation of Consular Reports of Birth Abroad.
• § 51.63— Passports invalid for travel into or through restricted areas; prohibition on passports valid only for travel to Israel.
• § 51.64— Special validation of passports for travel to restricted areas.
• § 51.65— Notification of denial, revocation or cancellation of passports and Consular Reports of Birth Abroad.
• § 51.66— Surrender of passport and/or Consular Report of Birth Abroad.

Subpart F — Procedures for Review of Certain Denials and Revocations

• § 51.70— Request for hearing to review certain denials and revocations.
• § 51.71— The hearing.
• § 51.72— Transcript and record of the hearing.
• § 51.73— Privacy of hearing.
• § 51.74— Final decision.