Guam § 35102 - Authentication of Authority of Officer.

§ 35102. Authentication of Authority of Officer.

(a) if the notarial act is performed by any of the persons described in

paragraphs (a) to (d), inclusive, of § 35101, other than a person authorized

to perform notarial acts by the laws or regulations of a foreign country, the

signature, rank, or title and serial number, if any, of the person are sufficient

proof of the authority of a holder of that rank or title to perform the act.

Further proof of his authority is not required.

(b) If the notarial act is performed by a person authorized by the laws

or regulations of a foreign country to perform the act, there is sufficient

proof of the authority of that person to act if:

(1) either a foreign service officer of the United States resident in

the country in which the act is performed or a diplomatic or consular

officer of the foreign country resident in the United States certifies that

a person holding that office is authorized to perform the act;

(2) the official seal of the person performing the notarial act is

affixed to the document; or

(3) the title and indication of authority to perform notarial acts of

the person appear either in a digest of foreign law or in a list

customarily used as a source of such information.

(c) If the notarial act is performed by a person other than one described

in subsections (a) and (b), there is sufficient proof of the authority of that

person to act if the clerk of the court of record in the place in which the

notarial act is performed certifies to the official character of that person and

to his authority to perform the notarial act.

(d) The signature and title of the person performing the act are prima

facie evidence that he is a person with the designated title and that the

signature is genuine.