Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§4215 Notarial acts, oaths, affirmations, affidavits, and depositions; fees
Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 52— - FOREIGN SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XIV— - POWERS, DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF CONSULAR OFFICERS GENERALLY › § 4215
Summary
Every U.S. consular officer must, when someone asks and inside their consulate area, perform notarial acts a U.S. notary public can do, like swearing oaths, taking affidavits, or recording depositions. For each act, they must charge the fee the President sets under section 4219.
Full Legal Text
Title 22, §4215
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Every consular officer of the United States is required, whenever application is made to him therefor, within the limits of his consulate, to administer to or take from any person any oath, affirmation, affidavit, or deposition, and to perform any other notarial act which any notary public is required or authorized by law to do within the United States; and for every such notarial act performed he shall charge in each instance the appropriate fee prescribed by the President under section 4219 of this title.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 which comprises this chapter. Section was formerly classified to section 1195 of this title, and prior thereto to section 98 of this title.
Amendments
1994—Pub. L. 103–415 struck out sentence inserted at end by Pub. L. 103–236. See below. Pub. L. 103–236 inserted at end “Pursuant to such
Regulations
as the Secretary of State may prescribe, the Secretary may designate any other employee of the Department of State who is a citizen of the United States to perform any notarial function authorized to be performed by a consular officer of the United States under this Act.”
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Citation
22 U.S.C. § 4215
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73