22 USC § 4222 - Authentication of documents of State of Vatican City by consular officer in Rome

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s4222"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 4222 - Authentication of documents of State of Vatican City by consular officer in Rome"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "4222"
section_name: "Authentication of documents of State of Vatican City by consular officer in Rome"
chapter_number: 52
chapter_name: "FOREIGN SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "XIV"
subchapter_name: "POWERS, DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF CONSULAR OFFICERS GENERALLY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 20, 1936, ch. 640, § 6A, as added June 25, 1938, ch. 682, 52 Stat. 1163.)"
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# § 4222. Authentication of documents of State of Vatican City by consular officer in Rome

section 1741 of title 28

Until the United States shall have consular officer resident in the State of the Vatican City, a copy of any document of record or on file in a public office of said State of the Vatican City, certified by the lawful custodian of such document, may be authenticated, as provided in , by a consular officer of the United States resident in the city of Rome, Kingdom of Italy, and such document or record shall, when so certified and authenticated, be admissible in evidence in any court of the United States.

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**Source Credit**: (June 20, 1936, ch. 640, § 6A, as added June 25, 1938, ch. 682, 52 Stat. 1163.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

“” substituted in text for “section 6 of this Act []” on authority of , , section 1 of which enacted Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 which comprises this chapter.

Section was formerly classified to , and prior thereto to .