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22 U.S.C. § 4222 — Authentication of documents of State of Vatican City by consular officer in Rome
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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 [section 1741 of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section1741&num=0&edition=prelim), 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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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 [section 1741 of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section1741&num=0&edition=prelim), 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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An official record or document of a foreign country may be evidenced by a copy, summary, or excerpt authenticated as provided in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 1200, R.S. § 1737; Apr. 5, 1906, ch. 1366, § 3, 34 Stat. 100, which related to penalty for a false certificate as to ownership of property, was transferred to [section 4218 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4218&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 1201, R.S. § 1745; Apr. 5, 1906, ch. 1366, § 3, 34 Stat. 100, which related to regulation of fees by President, was transferred to [section 4219 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4219&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 1202, R.S. § 1746, which related to medium for payment of fees, was transferred to [section 4220 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4220&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 1203, R.S. § 1750; Apr. 5, 1906, ch. 1366, § 3, 34 Stat. 100, which related to depositions and notarial acts and to perjury and other offenses, was transferred to [section 4221 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4221&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 1204, act June 26, 1936, ch. 640, § 6A, as added June 25, 1938, ch. 682, 52 Stat. 1163, which related to authentication of documents of State of Vatican City by consular officer in Rome, was transferred to [section 4222 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4222&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 4222
1 See References in Text note below.
performed by a consular officer of the United
States under this Act.
(R.S. § 1750; Apr. 5, 1906, ch. 1366, § 3, 34 Stat. 100;
Pub. L. 103–415, § 1(mm)(2), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat.
4304; Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, subdiv. B, title XXII,
§ 2222(c)(1), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–818.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This Act, referred to in text, probably means the act
of Aug. 18, 1856, ch. 127, 11 Stat. 52. That act was incor-
porated into the Revised Statutes as R.S. §§ 208, 211,
1674 to 1676, 1680, 1685 to 1687, 1689, 1690, 1692, 1695, 1697,
1699, 1700, 1701, 1703, 1706, 1708, 1711, 1713, 1715, 1718, 1719,
1730, 1731, 1735, 1738 to 1741, 1743 to 1748, 1750 to 1752,
4207, 4213, 4580, 4581, 4583, and 4584. For complete classi-
fication of those sections of the Revised Statutes to the
Code, see Tables.
CODIFICATION
R.S. § 1750 derived from act Aug. 18, 1856, ch. 127, § 24,
11 Stat. 61.
Reference to ‘‘commercial agency’’ was omitted in
view of the abolition of the grade of commercial agent
by act Apr. 5, 1906.
Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Serv-
ice Act of 1980 which comprises this chapter.
Section was formerly classified to section 1203 of this
title, and prior thereto to section 131 of this title.
AMENDMENTS
1998—Pub. L. 105–277 inserted after first sentence ‘‘At
any post, port, or place where there is no consular offi-
cer, the Secretary of State may authorize any other of-
ficer or employee of the United States Government who
is a United States citizen serving overseas, including
any contract employee of the United States Govern-
ment, to perform such acts, and any such contractor so
authorized shall not be considered to be a
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