[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 25CFR82.7]

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                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 82--PETITIONING PROCEDURES FOR TRIBES REORGANIZED UNDER FEDERAL STATUTE AND OTHER ORGANIZED TRIBES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 82.7  Notarization of petition signatures.

    (a) Signatures to a petition must be authenticated in one of the 
following ways:
    (1) Through having each signer subscribe or acknowledge his/her 
signature before a notary public;
    (2) Through having the collector of signatures appeal before a 
notary and sign, in his/her presence, on each sheet

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of the petition, a statement attesting that the signatures were affixed 
on the dates shown and by the individuals whose names appear thereon, 
and that to the best of his/her knowledge the signatories are eligible, 
entitled, or qualified voters.
    (b) Only an eligible, entitled, or qualified tribal voter shall be 
recognized as a valid collector of petition signatures.