14 U.S.C. § 932: Administration of oaths

Summary

Certain commissioned and warrant officers in the Coast Guard can be made to act like notaries. The Commandant chooses who and sets the rules they must follow. These officers may notarize papers and give oaths for regular Coast Guard business (for example, recruiting oaths, court or board oaths, and other official acts), during war or a national emergency, and in Alaska or other places outside the continental United States where the Coast Guard serves. They cannot charge any fee, and an officer’s signature and rank count as proof they are allowed to do the notarizing.

Title 14, §932

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(a)Such commissioned and warrant officers of the Coast Guard as may be designated by the Commandant may, pursuant to rules prescribed by the Commandant, exercise the general powers of a notary public in the administration of oaths for the following purposes:

(1)execution, acknowledgment, and attestation of instruments and papers, oaths of allegiance in connection with recruiting, oaths in connection with courts and boards, and all other notarial acts in connection with the proper execution of Coast Guard functions;

(2)execution, acknowledgment, and attestation of instruments and papers, and all other notarial acts in time of war or national emergency; and

(3)execution, acknowledgment, and attestation of instruments and papers, and all other notarial acts in Alaska and places beyond the continental limits of the United States where the Coast Guard is serving.

(b)No fee of any character shall be charged by any commissioned or warrant officer for performing notarial acts. The signature and indication of grade of any commissioned or warrant officer performing any notarial act shall be prima facie evidence of his authority.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., §§ 26, 27 (Apr. 16, 1908, ch. 145, § 12, 35 Stat. 63; June 5, 1920, ch. 235, § 1, 41 Stat. 880). Said sections are rewritten, the provisions concerning oaths being broadened to conform more closely to law applicable to officers of the Navy (see title 34, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 217a). 81st Congress,

House Report No. 557

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 636 of this title as this section.

§932 Administration of Oaths