---
kind: "section"
citation: "39 C.F.R. § 222.2"
title: "39"
number: "222.2"
heading: "Authority to administer oaths or function as notaries public."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/39/222.2"
---

# §222.2. Authority to administer oaths or function as notaries public.

- (a) **Authority to approve personnel actions and administer oaths of office for employment.** The postmaster general, corporate officers, and their delegatees are authorized to effect appointments, administer oaths of office for employment, and take other personnel actions.
- (b) **Authority to administer oaths other than for employment.** The following are authorized to administer oaths concerning matters other than employment:
  - (1) Postal inspectors, with regard to any matter coming before them in the performance of their official duties;
  - (2) Any member of a board who is assigned to conduct hearings or investigations in which sworn testimony, affidavits, or depositions are required, and each officer or employee assigned to conduct such hearings or investigations;
  - (3) **Postmasters, where required in the performance of their official duties.**
- (c) **Authority to function as notaries public.**
  - (1) Postmasters in Alaska have the authority to administer oaths and affirmations, take acknowledgments and make and execute certificates thereof, and perform all other functions of a notary public within Alaska when a certification is necessary to meet any Act of Congress or the Legislature of Alaska. No fees may be charged for notarial services.
  - (2) An officer or employee who is a notary public shall not charge or receive compensation for notarial services for another officer or employee regarding Government business; nor for notarial services for any person during the hours of the notary's services to the Government, including the lunch period.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 39 U.S.C. 201, 202, 203, 204, 207, 401(2), 402, 403, 404, 409, 1001, 1011; Inspector General Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-452), 5 U.S.C. App. 3.

### Source

Source: 69 FR 53000, Aug. 31, 2004, unless otherwise noted.