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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 636. Administration of oaths
(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.
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