[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 39, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 39CFR222.2]

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                        TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
 
                 CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
 
PART 222_DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  222.2  Authority to administer oaths or function as notaries public.

    (a) Authority to approve personnel actions and administer oaths of 
office for employment. The postmaster general, corporate officers, and 
their delegatees are authorized to effect appointments, administer oaths 
of office for employment, and take other personnel actions.

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    (b) Authority to administer oaths other than for employment. The 
following are authorized to administer oaths concerning matters other 
than employment:
    (1) Postal inspectors, with regard to any matter coming before them 
in the performance of their official duties;
    (2) Any member of a board who is assigned to conduct hearings or 
investigations in which sworn testimony, affidavits, or depositions are 
required, and each officer or employee assigned to conduct such hearings 
or investigations;
    (3) Postmasters, where required in the performance of their official 
duties.
    (c) Authority to function as notaries public. (1) Postmasters in 
Alaska have the authority to administer oaths and affirmations, take 
acknowledgments and make and execute certificates thereof, and perform 
all other functions of a notary public within Alaska when a 
certification is necessary to meet any Act of Congress or the 
Legislature of Alaska. No fees may be charged for notarial services.
    (2) An officer or employee who is a notary public shall not charge 
or receive compensation for notarial services for another officer or 
employee regarding Government business; nor for notarial services for 
any person during the hours of the notary's services to the Government, 
including the lunch period.