§ 636. — Administration of oaths.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 14USC636]
TITLE 14--COAST GUARD
PART I--REGULAR COAST GUARD
CHAPTER 17--ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 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.
(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 545.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Secs. 26, 27 (Apr. 16, 1908,
ch. 145, Sec. 12, 35 Stat. 63; June 5, 1920, ch. 235, Sec. 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., Sec. 217a). 81st Congress, House
Report No. 557.
