{"data":{"id":"us/22-u.s.c.-217a","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"22 U.S.C. § 217a","heading":"Validity of passport; limitation of time","body":"A passport shall be valid for a period of ten years from the date of issue, except that the Secretary of State may limit the validity of a passport to a period of less than ten years in an individual case or on a general basis pursuant to regulation.","path":["Title 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE","CHAPTER 4—PASSPORTS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc22@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:57:55Z","sha256":"66f32052b9ec6024ea7c767c15a5be730b679b5a5ff30e56841f80c0d87277d2","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/22-u.s.c.-217","next":"us/22-u.s.c.-218"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}