Seal; Form and Content of Notarial Acts

Ala. Code § 36-20-72 — under Title 36.

Ala. Code § 36-20-72

(a) For the authentication of his or her official acts, each notary public 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.

(b) The form and content of any notarial act on an instrument to be recorded in the public records, including the court system, shall include an oath, acknowledgment, and signature of each party to the document, or his or her mark, and the signature of the notary public and his or her seal of office by either ink stamp or embossed impression.

History: (Act 2011-295, p. 544, §1; Act 2023-548, §1.)