"In God We Trust" become the official U.S. national motto, after the passage of an Act of Congress in 1956.

It is codified as federal law in the United States Code at 36 U.S.C. § 302.

LEGAL STATUS

The use of the motto "In God We Trust" is required by law.

HISTORICAL CHANGE ON U.S. CURRENCY

The new US Presidential coins have the national motto "In God We Trust" on the coin's edge rather than the front.