[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: 22CFR92.7]



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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS

 

                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE

 

PART 92_NOTARIAL AND RELATED SERVICES--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  92.7  Responsibility of notarizing officers of the Department 

of State.



    (a) As a rule notarial acts should be performed at the consular 

office. Where required by the circumstances of a particular case and 

subject to the reasonableness of the request notarial acts may be 

performed elsewhere within the limits of the consulate subject to the 

assessment of the applicable fees under subheading ``Services Rendered 

Outside of Office'' of the Tariff of Fees (Sec.  22.1(a) of this 

chapter), as well as to payment by the interested party of the officer's 

expenses in going to the place where the service is performed and 

returning to his office (Sec.  22.1(b) of this chapter).

    (b) As indicated in Sec. Sec.  92.4, 92.5, and 92.6, the authority 

of secretaries of embassy or legation as well as consular officers to 

perform notarial acts is generally recognized. However, the function is 

essentially consular, and notarial powers are in practice exercised by 

diplomatic officers only in the absence of a consular officer or U.S. 

citizen State Department employee designated to perform notarial 

functions as provided in Sec.  92.1(d). Performance of notarial acts by 

an officer assigned in dual diplomatic and consular capacity shall be 

performed in his/her consular capacity, except in special circumstances.



[27 FR 12616, Dec. 20, 1962, as amended at 60 FR 51721, Oct. 3, 1995]



                       General Notarial Procedures