---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 5945"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "5945"
heading: "Notary public commission expenses"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/5945"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart D — Pay and Allowances"
  - "Chapter 59 — Allowances"
  - "Subchapter IV — Miscellaneous Allowances"
---

# §5945. Notary public commission expenses


An [employee](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) as defined by [section 2105 of this title](/usc/5/2105.md) or an individual employed by the [government](/usc/5/4101.md?p=3) of the District of Columbia who is required to serve as a notary public in connection with the performance of official business is entitled to an allowance, established by the [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) concerned, not in excess of the expense required to obtain the commission. [Funds](/usc/5/8401.md?p=6) available to an [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) concerned for personal [services](/usc/5/8401.md?p=26) or general administrative expenses are available to carry out this section.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 514.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and<br>Statutes at Large |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 70a. | July 11, 1956, ch. 554, § 1, 70 Stat. 519. |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 70b. | July 11, 1956, ch. 554, § 2, 70 Stat. 520. |

In the first sentence, the words “to be incurred by them in order” are omitted as surplusage. The words “from and after January 1, 1955” are omitted as obsolete.

Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.