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  1. Title 22 —Foreign Relations
  2. Chapter I —Department of State
  3. Subchapter J —Legal and Related Services
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Title 22Foreign RelationsPart / Section
Chapter IDepartment of State1 – 199
Subchapter JLegal and Related Services91 – 99
Part 92Notarial and Related Services92.1 – 92.95
Introduction92.1 – 92.7
§ 92.1Definitions.
§ 92.2Description of overseas notarial functions of the Department of State, record of acts.
§ 92.3Consular districts.
§ 92.4Authority of notarizing officers of the Department of State under Federal law.
§ 92.5Acceptability of notarial acts under State or territorial law.
§ 92.6Authority of notarizing officers under international practice.
§ 92.7Responsibility of notarizing officers of the Department of State.
General Notarial Procedures92.8 – 92.17
§ 92.8Compliance with request for notarial services.
§ 92.9Refusals of requests for notarial services.
§ 92.10Specific waiver in notarial certificate.
§ 92.11Preparation of legal documents.
§ 92.12Necessity for certification of notarial acts.
§ 92.13Form of notarial certificate.
§ 92.14Venue on notarial certificates.
§ 92.15Signing notarial certificate.
§ 92.16Sealing the notarial certificate.
§ 92.17Fastening of pages.
Specific Notarial Acts92.18 – 92.43
§ 92.18Oaths and affirmations defined.
§ 92.19Administering an oath.
§ 92.20Administering an affirmation.
§ 92.21Notarial certificate to oath or affirmation.
§ 92.22“Affidavit” defined.
§ 92.23Taking an affidavit.
§ 92.24Usual form of affidavit.
§ 92.25Title of affidavit.
§ 92.26Venue on affidavit.
§ 92.27Affiant's allegations in affidavit.
§ 92.28Signature of affiant on affidavit.
§ 92.29Oath or affirmation to affidavit.
§ 92.30Acknowledgment defined.
§ 92.31Taking an acknowledgment.
§ 92.32Notarial certificate to acknowledgment.
§ 92.33Execution of certificate of acknowledgment.
§ 92.34Fastening certificate to instrument.
§ 92.35Errors in certificate of acknowledgment.
§ 92.36Authentication defined.
§ 92.37Authentication procedure.
§ 92.38Forms of certificate of authentication.
§ 92.39Authenticating foreign public documents (Federal procedures).
§ 92.40Authentication of foreign extradition papers.
§ 92.41Limitations to be observed in authenticating documents.
§ 92.42Certification of copies of foreign records relating to land titles.
§ 92.43Fees for notarial services and authentications.
Depositions and Letters Rogatory92.49 – 92.71
§ 92.49“Deposition” defined.
§ 92.50Use of depositions in court actions.
§ 92.51Methods of taking depositions in foreign countries.
§ 92.52“Deposition on notice” defined.
§ 92.53“Commission to take depositions” defined.
§ 92.54“Letters rogatory” defined.
§ 92.55Consular authority and responsibility for taking depositions.
§ 92.56Summary of procedure for taking depositions.
§ 92.57Oral examination of witnesses.
§ 92.58Examination on basis of written interrogatories.
§ 92.59Recording of objections.
§ 92.60Examination procedures.
§ 92.61Transcription and signing of record of examination.
§ 92.62Captioning and certifying depositions.
§ 92.63Arrangement of papers.
§ 92.64Filing depositions.
§ 92.65Depositions to prove genuineness of foreign documents.
§ 92.66Depositions taken before foreign officials or other persons in a foreign country.
§ 92.67Taking of depositions in United States pursuant to foreign letters rogatory.
§ 92.68Foreign Service fees and incidental costs in the taking of evidence.
§ 92.69Charges payable to foreign officials, witnesses, foreign counsel, and interpreters.
§ 92.70Special fees for depositions in connection with foreign documents.
§ 92.71Fees for letters rogatory executed by officials in the United States.
Miscellaneous Notarial Services92.72 – 92.75
§ 92.72Services in connection with patents and patent applications.
§ 92.73Services in connection with trademark registrations.
§ 92.74Services in connection with United States securities or interests therein.
§ 92.75Services in connection with income tax returns.
Copying, Recording, Translating and Procuring Documents92.76 – 92.80
§ 92.76Copying documents.
§ 92.77Recording documents.
§ 92.78Translating documents.
§ 92.79Procuring copies of foreign public documents.
§ 92.80Obtaining American vital statistics records.
Quasi-Legal Services92.81 – 92.95
§ 92.81Performance of legal services.
§ 92.82Recommending attorneys or notaries.
§ 92.84Legal process defined.
§ 92.85Service of legal process usually prohibited.
§ 92.86Consular responsibility for serving subpoenas.
§ 92.87Consular responsibility for serving orders to show cause.
§ 92.88Consular procedure.
§ 92.89Fees for service of legal process.
§ 92.90Delivering documents pertaining to the revocation of naturalization.
§ 92.91Service of documents at request of Congressional committees.
§ 92.92Service of legal process under provisions of State law.
§ 92.93Notarial services or authentications connected with service of process by other persons.
§ 92.94Replying to inquiries regarding service of process or other documents.
§ 92.95Transportation of witnesses to the United States.
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