§ 1741. — Foreign official documents.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC1741]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART V--PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 115--EVIDENCE; DOCUMENTARY
Sec. 1741. Foreign official documents
An official record or document of a foreign country may be evidenced
by a copy, summary, or excerpt authenticated as provided in the Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 948; May 24, 1949, ch. 139,
Sec. 92(b), 63 Stat. 103; Pub. L. 88-619, Sec. 5(a), Oct. 3, 1964, 78
Stat. 996.)
Historical and Revision Notes
1948 Act
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 695e (June 20, 1936, ch.
640, Sec. 6, 49 Stat. 1563).
Words ``Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to alter,
amend, or repeal section 689 of this title,'' at the end of section 695e
of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., were omitted. Although significant in the
original Act, such words are unnecessary in a revision wherein both
sections in question, as revised, are enacted at the same time.
See also Rule 44 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Section 695e-1 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., providing for
certification of Vatican City Documents will be incorporated in title
22, U.S.C., Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
Changes were made in phraseology.
1949 Act
This section corrects a typographical error in section 1741 of title
28, U.S.C.
Amendments
1964--Pub. L. 88-619 substituted ``An official record or document of
a foreign country may be evidenced by a copy, summary, or excerpt
authenticated as provided in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure'' for
``A copy of any foreign document of record or on file in a public office
of a foreign country or political subdivision thereof, certified by the
lawful custodian thereof, shall be admissible in evidence when
authenticated by a certificate of a consular officer of the United
States resident in such foreign country, under the seal of his office,
that the copy has been certified by the lawful custodian'' in text, and
``official documents'' for ``documents, generally; copies'' in section
catchline.
1949--Act May 24, 1949, corrected spelling of ``admissible''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 22 sections 1204, 4222.
