Sec. 1.359  Proof of official record; authentication of copy.

    An official record or entry therein, when admissible for any 
purpose, may be evidenced by an official publication thereof or by a 
copy attested by the officer having legal custody of the record, or by 
his deputy, and accompanied with a certificate that such officer has the 
custody. If the office in which the record is kept is within the United 
States or within a territory or insular possession subject to the 
dominion of the United States, the certificate may be made by the judge 
of a court of record of the district or political subdivision in which 
the record is kept, authenticated by the seal of the court, or may be 
made by any public officer having a seal of office having official 
duties in the district or political subdivision in which the record is 
kept, authenticated by the seal of his office. If the office in which 
the record is kept is in a foreign state or country, the certificate may 
be made by a secretary of embassy or legation, consul general, consul, 
vice consul, or consular agent, or by any officer in the foreign service 
of the United States stationed in the foreign state or country in which 
the record is kept, and authenticated by the seal of his office.