[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: 22CFR92.6]



[Page 363-364]

 

                       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



[[Page 364]]



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]