[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: 22CFR92.6]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 92--NOTARIAL AND RELATED SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 92.6  Authority of notarizing officers under international practice.

    Although such services are not mandatory, notarizing officers may, 
as a courtesy, perform notarial acts for use in countries with which the 
United States has formal diplomatic and consular relations. Generally 
the applicant for such service will be a United States citizen or a 
national of the country in which the notarized document will be used. 
The notarizing officer's compliance with a request for a notarial 
service of this type should be based on the reasonableness of the 
request and the absence of any apparent irregularity. When a notarizing 
officer finds it advisable to do so, the officer may question the 
applicant to such extent as may be necessary to be assured of the 
reasonableness of the request and the absence of irregularity.
    (a) That his notarial certificate may reasonably be expected to 
satisfy the legal requirements of the country in

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which the notarized document will be used;
    (b) That the notarial service is legally necessary and cannot be 
obtained otherwise than through a United States notarizing officer 
without loss or serious inconvenience to the applicant; and
    (c) That the notarial certifcate will be used solely for a well-
defined purpose, as represented by the applicant for the service. (See 
also Sec. 92.4(c) regarding notarial services for use in countries 
occupied by the United States or under its administrative jurisdiction.)

[22 FR 10858, Dec. 27, 1957, as amended at 60 FR 51721, Oct. 3, 1995]