[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: 22CFR92.36]



[Page 370]

 

                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS

 

                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE

 

PART 92_NOTARIAL AND RELATED SERVICES--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  92.36  Authentication defined.



    An authentication is a certification of the genuineness of the 

official character, i.e., signature and seal, or position of a foreign 

official. It is an act done with the intention of causing a document 

which has been executed or issued in one jurisdiction to be recognized 

in another jurisdiction. Documents which may require authentication 

include legal instruments notarized by foreign notaries or other 

officials, and copies of public records, such as birth, death, and 

marriage certificates, issued by foreign record keepers.