[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR92.10]

[Page 376-377]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 92_NOTARIAL AND RELATED SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 92.10  Specific waiver in notarial certificate.

    If the notarizing officer has reason to believe that material 
statements in a document presented for notarization are false, and if no 
basis exists for refusing the notarial service in accordance with Sec. 
92.9, he may consider the advisability of informing the applicant

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that he will perform the service only with a specific waiver of 
responsibility included in the notarial certificate. Furthermore, a 
notarizing officer may, in his discretion, add to the specific waiver in 
the notarial certificate a statement of verifiable facts known to him, 
which will reveal the falsity of material in the document. However, 
normally a notarizing officer shall exercise great caution not to limit 
the general privilege of a United States citizen while abroad to execute 
under oath any statement he sees fit to make, including mistaken, 
unnecessary, and even frivolous statements: Provided, That substantial 
and compelling reasons do not exist which impel restraining action on 
the part of the notarizing officer. On the other hand, experience has 
shown the desirability of including, as standard practice, a specific 
waiver of responsibility in all authentications (Sec. 92.38) executed 
in connection with divorce proceedings.

[22 FR 10858, Dec. 27, 1957, as amended at 60 FR 51723, Oct. 3, 1995]