[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR92.11]

[Page 377]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 92_NOTARIAL AND RELATED SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 92.11  Preparation of legal documents.

    (a) By attorneys. When a document has been prepared by an attorney 
for signature, a notarizing officer should not question the form of 
document unless it is obviously incorrect.
    (b) By notarizing officers. A notarizing officer should not usually 
prepare for private persons legal documents for signature and 
notarization. (However, see the provisions in Sec. 92.24 regarding the 
preparation of affidavits.) When asked to perform such a service, the 
notarizing officer should explain that the preparation of legal forms is 
normally the task of an attorney, that the forms used and the purposes 
for which they are used vary widely from jurisdiction to jurisdiction 
and that he could not guarantee the legal effectiveness of any document 
which he might prepare. The person desiring the preparation of a legal 
document should be referred to such publications as Jones Legal Forms 
and The Lawyers Directory with the suggestion that he select or adapt 
the form which appears best suited to his needs. The notarizing officer 
may, in his discretion, arrange to have a member of his office staff 
type the document. If the document is typed in the Foreign Service 
office, the fee for copying shall be collected as prescribed under the 
caption ``Copying and Recording'' of the Tariff of Fees, Foreign Service 
of the United States of America (Sec. 22.1 of this chapter).

[22 FR 10858, Dec. 27, 1957, as amended at 60 FR 51723, Oct. 3, 1995]