{"data":{"id":"us/22-cfr-51.54","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"22 CFR 51.54","heading":"Replacement passports without payment of applicable fees.","body":"A passport issuing office may issue a replacement passport for the following reasons without payment of applicable fees:\n(a) To correct an error or rectify a mistake of the Department;\n(b) When the bearer has changed his or her name or other personal identifier listed on the data page of the passport, and applies for a replacement passport within one year of the date of the passport's original issuance.\n(c) When the bearer of an emergency full fee passport issued for a limited validity period applies for a full validity passport within one year of the date of the passport's original issuance.\n(d) When a passport is retained by U.S. law enforcement or judiciary for evidentiary purposes and the bearer is still eligible to have a passport.\n(e) When a passport is issued to replace a passport with a failed electronic chip for the balance of the original validity period.","path":["Title 22—Foreign Relations","CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF STATE","SUBCHAPTER F—NATIONALITY AND PASSPORTS","PART 51—PASSPORTS","Subpart D—Fees"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-22.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:49Z","sha256":"645d0c74610d5bc70ca4f43992b8c752e18c85d5642f4e00e9c1c39869eb5dde","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/22-cfr-51.53","next":"us/22-cfr-51.55"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}