Polityka i handel międzynarodowy · 16.12.1994

Notarial and Related Services

The Bureau of Consular Affairs plans to amend its notarial regulations to authorize certain U.S. citizen employees of the Department of State who are not diplomatic or consular officers, but who have been designated by the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Overseas Citizen Services, to perform notarial services overseas. All consular officers, other foreign service officers and designated U.S. citizen employees authorized to perform such notarials shall be identified, for notarial purposes, as ``notarizing officers.'' The extension of this authority to designated U.S. citizen State Department employees will enable foreign service posts to provide enhanced notarial service to the public. Consular officers assisted by designated U.S. citizen employees will be able to concentrate on managing consular resources, although they will still be available, as needed, to provide notarial services to U.S. citizens. Notarization by a designated U.S. citizens State Department employee will generally have the same effect as notarization by a consular officer. This proposed rule does not, however, permit designated U.S. citizen State Department employees to perform authentications, perform a notarial