[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 22, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 22CFR92.11]



[Page 365]

 

                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS

 

                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE

 

PART 92_NOTARIAL AND RELATED SERVICES--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  92.11  Preparation of legal documents.



    (a) By attorneys. When a document has been prepared by an attorney 

for signature, a notarizing officer should not question the form of 

document unless it is obviously incorrect.

    (b) By notarizing officers. A notarizing officer should not usually 

prepare for private persons legal documents for signature and 

notarization. (However, see the provisions in Sec.  92.24 regarding the 

preparation of affidavits.) When asked to perform such a service, the 

notarizing officer should explain that the preparation of legal forms is 

normally the task of an attorney, that the forms used and the purposes 

for which they are used vary widely from jurisdiction to jurisdiction 

and that he could not guarantee the legal effectiveness of any document 

which he might prepare. The person desiring the preparation of a legal 

document should be referred to such publications as Jones Legal Forms 

and The Lawyers Directory with the suggestion that he select or adapt 

the form which appears best suited to his needs. The notarizing officer 

may, in his discretion, arrange to have a member of his office staff 

type the document. If the document is typed in the Foreign Service 

office, the fee for copying shall be collected as prescribed under the 

caption ``Copying and Recording'' of the Tariff of Fees, Foreign Service 

of the United States of America (Sec.  22.1 of this chapter).



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