---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 97.1"
title: "22"
number: "97.1"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/97.1"
---

# §97.1. Definitions.


As used in this part:

- (a) Adoption Court means the State court with jurisdiction over the adoption or the grant of custody for purpose of adoption.
- (b) U.S. Authorized Entity means a public domestic authority or an agency or person that is accredited or temporarily accredited or approved by an accrediting entity pursuant to [22 CFR part 96](/cfr/22/part96.md), or a supervised provider acting under the supervision and responsibility of an accredited agency or temporarily accredited agency or approved person.
- (c) Foreign Authorized Entity means a foreign Central Authority or an accredited body or entity other than the Central Authority authorized by the relevant foreign country to perform Central Authority functions in a Convention adoption case.
- (d) Hague Adoption Certificate means a certificate issued by the Secretary in an outgoing case (where the child is emigrating from the United States to another Convention country) certifying that a child has been adopted in the United States in accordance with the Convention and, except as provided in [§ 97.4(b)](/cfr/22/97.4.md?p=b), the IAA.
- (e) Hague Custody Declaration means a declaration issued by the Secretary in an outgoing case (where the child is emigrating from the United States to another Convention country) declaring that custody of a child for purposes of adoption has been granted in the United States in accordance with the Convention and, except as provided in [§ 97.4(b)](/cfr/22/97.4.md?p=b), the IAA.
- (f) Terms defined in [22 CFR 96.2](/cfr/22/96.2.md) have the meaning given to them therein.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (done at The Hague, May 29, 1993), S. Treaty Doc. 105-51 (1998); 1870 U.N.T.S. 167 (Reg. No. 31922 (1993)); Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000, 42 U.S.C. 14901-14954.

### Source

Source: 71 FR 64456, Nov. 2, 2006, unless otherwise noted.