Code of Alabama - Title 36: Public Officers and Employees - Chapter 20 - Notaries Public

• Article 1 Generally.
• Section 36-20-1 Appointment and commissioning; term of office; fee of probate judge for issuance of notary commissions; report to Secretary of State by probate judge as to notaries appointed and commissioned
  Repealed by Act 2011-295, p. 544, §2, effective January 1, 2012.
• Section 36-20-2 Vacation of office by removal from county
  Repealed by Act 2011-295, p. 544, §2, effective January 1, 2012.
• Section 36-20-3 Bond
  Repealed by Act 2011-295, p. 544, §2, effective January 1, 2012.
• Section 36-20-4 Seal
  Repealed by Act 2011-295, p. 544, §2, effective January 1, 2012.
• Section 36-20-5 Powers
  Repealed by Act 2011-295, p. 544, §2, effective January 1, 2012.
• Section 36-20-6 Fees
  Repealed by Act 2011-295, p. 544, §2, effective January 1, 2012.
• Section 36-20-7 Notary public to maintain register of official acts; provision of certified copies from register generally
  Repealed by Act 2011-295, p. 544, §2, effective January 1, 2012.
• Section 36-20-8 Register to be delivered to probate judge upon death, resignation, etc., of notary; liability of person failing to deliver notary's register to probate judge on demand generally
  Repealed by Act 2011-295, p. 544, §2, effective January 1, 2012.
• Section 36-20-9 Penalty for failure to deliver notary's register to probate judge on demand
  Repealed by Act 2011-295, p. 544, §2, effective January 1, 2012.
• Section 36-20-10 Probate judge may deliver register to another notary; provision of certified copies from register
  Repealed by Act 2011-295, p. 544, §2, effective January 1, 2012.
• Section 36-20-11 Performance or assumption of authority to perform notarial act without commission
  Repealed by Act 2011-295, p. 544, §2, effective January 1, 2012.
• Article 2 Notaries Public for State at Large.
• Section 36-20-30 Appointment and commissioning; term of office; powers, duties and territorial jurisdiction; fee of probate judge for issuance of notary commissions; report to Secretary of State by probate judge as to notaries appointed and commissioned
  Repealed by Act 2011-295, p. 544, §2, effective January 1, 2012.
• Section 36-20-31 Bond
  Repealed by Act 2011-295, p. 544, §2, effective January 1, 2012.
• Section 36-20-32 Seal
  Repealed by Act 2011-295, p. 544, §2, effective January 1, 2012.
• Article 3 International Notaries Public.
• Section 36-20-50 Definitions
  For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) AUTHENTIC ACT. An instrument executed by a civil law notary referencing...
• Section 36-20-51 Civil law notaries
  (a) The Secretary of State shall have the power to appoint civil law notaries and administer this article. (b) A civil law notary is authorized...
• Section 36-20-52 Rules of procedure
  The Secretary of State may adopt rules prescribing all of the following: (1) The form and content of authentic acts, oaths, acknowledgments, and signatures and...
• Section 36-20-53 Discipline, etc., relating to practice of law
  Repealed by Act 2001-967, 2001 3rd Special Session, effective September 26, 2001.
• Section 36-20-54 Powers of civil law notaries; construction of article
  (a) The powers of civil law notaries include, but are not limited to, all of the powers of a notary public under the laws of...
• Section 36-20-55 Certification by Secretary of State
  If certification of a civil law notary's authority is necessary for a particular document or transaction, it must be obtained from the Secretary of State....
• Article 4 Employment of Notaries Public.
• 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...
• 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...
• 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,...
• 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...
• 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.
• 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...

Last modified: May 3, 2021