22 CFR § 92.36 - Authentication defined.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t22/s92.36"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "22 CFR § 92.36 - Authentication defined."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "92.36"
section_name: "Authentication defined."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
subchapter_number: "J"
subchapter_name: "LEGAL AND RELATED SERVICES"
part_number: "92"
part_name: "NOTARIAL AND RELATED SERVICES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "22 U.S.C. 2651a, 2656, 4215 and 4221."
regulatory_source: "22 FR 10858, Dec. 27, 1957, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "92"
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# 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.