22 CFR § 92.16 - Sealing the notarial certificate.

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title: "22 CFR § 92.16 - Sealing the notarial certificate."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "92.16"
section_name: "Sealing the notarial certificate."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
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subchapter_name: "LEGAL AND RELATED SERVICES"
part_number: "92"
part_name: "NOTARIAL AND RELATED SERVICES"
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authority: "22 U.S.C. 2651a, 2656, 4215 and 4221."
regulatory_source: "22 FR 10858, Dec. 27, 1957, unless otherwise noted."
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# 92.16 Sealing the notarial certificate.

The notarizing officer should seal a notarial certificate with the impression seal of the post on the lower left-hand side of the certificate. A notarial certificate executed at a Foreign Service post which has not been officially designated as an embassy, legation, consulate general, consulate, or consular agency should be sealed with an impression seal bearing the legend “American Consular Service” and the name of the locality.