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§ 8. Respect for flag (g) The flag should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any nature. [no balls, no spears, no eagles, no fringes, no tassels]
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UPDATE: Executive Order 202.7 Extension thru June 6, 2020

Direct link to NYSDOS  Remote Notary Guidance   GUIDANCE TO NOTARIES CONCERNING EXECUTIVE ORDER 202.7  EXECUTIVE ORDER In response to the COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) public health emergency, on March 19, 2020 Governor Cuomo signed Executive Order 202.7, which authorizes notary publics to officiate documents remotely. Specific procedures must be followed to remotely notarize a document. To help the public and notaries public understand the Executive Order, the Department has prepared this guidance.  WHAT IS ALLOWED? The Executive Order allows a notary public to witness a document being signed, using audiovideo technology, and to then notarize the document.  WHAT IS REQUIRED? To remotely notarize a document, the following conditions must be satisfied:      1. The person seeking the Notary’s services, if not personally known to the Notary, must present a valid photo ID to the Notary during the video conference, not merely transmit it ...
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Authenticating foreign public documents

  22 CFR § 92.39  § 92.39 Authenticating foreign public documents (Federal procedures). (a)  A copy of a foreign public document intended to be used as evidence within the jurisdiction of the Federal Government of the United States must be authenticated in accordance with the provisions of section 1 of the act of June 25, 1948, as amended (sec. 1,  62 Stat. 948 , sec. 92(b),  63 Stat. 103 ;  28 U.S.C. 1741 ). This provision of Federal law provides that a copy of any foreign document of record, or on file in a public office of a foreign country or political subdivision thereof, if certified, by the lawful custodian thereof, may be admitted in evidence when authenticated by a certificate of a United States consular officer resident in the foreign country, under the seal of his office. (b)  The consular officer's certificate should indicate that the copy has been certified by the lawful custodian. (c)  In the absence of a consular officer of the Unit...
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