[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR92.36]

[Page 365]
 
                       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.