§39-4-33. Criminal Penalties
(a) A notary public who knowingly and willfully commits any official misconduct is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or confined in jail not more than one year, or both fined and confined. (b) A notary public who recklessly or negligently commits any official misconduct is guilty […]
§39-4-34. Action for Injunction; Unauthorized Practice of Law
Upon his or her own information or upon complaint of any person, the Attorney General, or his or her designee, may maintain an action for injunctive relief in circuit court against any notary public who renders, offers to render or holds himself or herself out as rendering any service constituting the unauthorized practice of the […]
§39-4-35. Administrative Complaints and Investigations
(a) In addition to the powers and duties contained in this article, the Secretary of State may: (1) Investigate, upon complaint or on his or her own initiative, any alleged violations or irregularities of this article.
§39-4-20. Commission as Notary Public; Qualifications; No Immunity or Benefit; Disposition of Fees
(a) An individual qualified under subsection (b) of this section may apply to the Secretary of State for a commission as a notary public through the Secretary of State’s online notary system. The applicant shall comply with and provide the information required by rules promulgated by the Secretary of State and pay any application fee. […]
§39-4-21. Grounds to Deny, Refuse to Renew, Revoke, Suspend, or Condition Commission of Notary Public
(a) The Secretary of State may deny, refuse to renew, revoke, suspend or impose a condition on a commission as notary public for any act or omission that demonstrates the individual lacks the honesty, integrity, competence, or reliability to act as a notary public, including: (1) Failure to comply with this article;
§39-4-22. Database of Notaries Public
(a) The Secretary of State shall maintain an electronic database of notaries public: (1) Through which a person may verify the authority of a notary public to perform notarial acts; and
§39-4-13. Notarial Act Under Federal Authority
(a) A notarial act performed under federal law has the same effect under the law of this state as if performed by a notarial officer of this state, if the act performed under federal law is performed by: (1) A judge, clerk or deputy clerk of a court;
§39-4-14. Foreign Notarial Act
(a) In this section, "foreign state" means a government other than the United States, a state or a federally recognized Indian tribe. (b) If a notarial act is performed under authority and in the jurisdiction of a foreign state or constituent unit of the foreign state or is performed under the authority of a multinational […]
§39-4-15. Certificate of Notarial Act
(a) A notarial act must be evidenced by a certificate. The certificate must: (1) Be executed contemporaneously with the performance of the notarial act;
§39-4-16. Short Form Certificates
The following short form certificates of notarial acts are sufficient for the purposes indicated, if completed with the information required by subsections (a) and (b), section fifteen of this article: (1) For an acknowledgment in an individual capacity: