Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 11, 2026

Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior last revised: Dec 18, 2025
§ 20.508 - Notary.

An employee is prohibited from charging fees for performance of any notarial act for any employee of the Federal Government who is acting in his or her official capacity, or for any person during the hours of such notary's service to the Government (E.O. 977, Nov. 24, 1908).

authority: 5 U.S.C. 301,7301; 5 U.S.C. App. (Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1950); 30 U.S.C. 1211; 43 U.S.C. 11,31; 5 CFR 2634.903, 2634.905
source: 62 FR 53720, Oct. 16, 1997, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 43 CFR 20.508