---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 92.85"
title: "22"
number: "92.85"
heading: "Service of legal process usually prohibited."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/92.85"
---

# §92.85. Service of legal process usually prohibited.


The service of process and legal papers is not normally a Foreign Service function. Except when directed by the Department of State, officers of the Foreign Service are prohibited from serving process or legal papers or appointing other persons to do.


## Notes

### Amendments

[32 FR 11776, Aug. 16, 1967]

### Authority

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2651a, 2656, 4215 and 4221.

### Source

Source: 22 FR 10858, Dec. 27, 1957, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[32 FR 11776, Aug. 16, 1967]