[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR92.38]

[Page 380-381]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 92--NOTARIAL AND RELATED SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 92.38  Forms of certificate of authentication.

    The form of a certificate of authentication depends on the statutory 
requirements of the jurisdiction where the authenticated document will 
be used (see Sec. 92.39 regarding the provisions of Federal law). Before 
authenticating a document for use in a State or Territory of the United 
States, a consular officer should consult the pertinent law digest to 
ascertain what specific requirements must be met, or

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he should be guided by any special information he may receive from the 
attorney or other person requesting the document with regard to the 
applicable statutory requirements. (See Sec. 92.41(e) regarding material 
which should not be in the certificate of authentication.) If no 
provisions relating to authentications can be found in a particular 
State or Territorial law digest, and in the absence of any special 
information from the attorney or other person requesting the document, 
the officer should prepare the certificate of authentication in the form 
which seems best suited to the needs of the case. When in his opinion 
the circumstances seem to warrant, and always in connection with 
certificates of marriage or divorce decrees, a consular officer should 
include in the body of his certificate of authentication a qualifying 
statement reading as follows: ``For the contents of the annexed document 
I assume no responsibility.''