Section 36-20-70 Appointment and commissioning; terms; jurisdiction; fees and reports of judge of probate. (a) A competent number of notaries public for the state at large shall be appointed and commissioned by the judges of probate of the several counties of the state and shall hold office for four years from the date of their […]
Section 36-20-71 Bond. (a) Notaries public shall give bond with sureties, to be approved by the judge of probate of the county of their residence, in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), payable to the State of Alabama, and conditioned to faithfully discharge the duties of such office so long as they may continue […]
Section 36-20-72 Seal. For the authentication of his or her official acts, each notary shall provide a seal of office, which shall present, by its impression or stamp, the name, office, and the state for which he or she was appointed. (Act 2011-295, p. 544, §1.)
Section 36-20-73 Powers. Notaries public may do all of the following: (1) Administer oaths in all matters incident to the exercise of their office. (2) Take the acknowledgment or proof of instruments of writing relating to commerce or navigation and certify the same and all other of their official acts under their seal of office. […]
Section 36-20-73.1 Attestations; remote notarization. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ORIGINAL SIGNATURE. A signature signed directly onto a document in wet ink by an individual who is named on the document. (2) SIGNATORY. The individual who is named on the document and is to […]
Section 36-20-74 Fees. Notaries public are entitled to the sum of five dollar ($5) for carrying out any of the enumerated powers in Section 36-20-73. (Act 2011-295, p. 544, §1.)
Section 36-20-75 Violations. Any person who, having been a notary, willfully performs or assumes the authority to perform a notarial act after his or her commission expires, with knowledge that his or her commission has expired, or any person who without a notary’s commission assumes the authority and performs a notarial act shall be guilty […]
