Title 44, State Government

(a) A person applying for a commission as a notary public without limitation under AS 44.50.010(a)(1) shall execute an official bond of $2,500 and submit the bond with the application under AS 44.50.032. The bond must be for a term of four years from the date of commission. (b) T…

The application required by the lieutenant governor under AS 44.50.032 must contain an oath or affirmation, in the form set out in AS 39.05.045, to be signed by the applicant. A signed oath or affirmation submitted in an application under AS 44.50.032 takes effect on the date of …

The lieutenant governor shall deny an application for a notary public commission if the (1) applicant does not meet the requirements of this chapter; (2) application is not complete or contains a material misstatement or omission of fact relating to the requirements for a commiss…

Upon commission of a notary public under this chapter, the lieutenant governor shall provide to the notary public a certificate of commission indicating the commission and the dates of the term of the commission.

A notary public whose term of commission is ending may apply for a new notary public commission by submitting a new application under AS 44.50.032 and complying with the requirements of this chapter. The lieutenant governor's approval of a new application for a commission for a n…

A state, municipal, or federal employee commissioned as a notary public under AS 44.50.010(a)(2) (1) is designated a limited governmental notary public; (2) may perform notarial acts only in the conduct of official government business; and (3) may not charge or receive a fee or o…

A notary public may (1) administer oaths and affirmations; (2) take the acknowledgment of or proof of execution of instruments in writing, and give a notarial certificate of the proof or acknowledgment, included in or attached to the instrument; the notarial certificate shall be …

(a) A notary public who is not an attorney may complete but may not select notarial certificates, and may not assist another person in drafting, completing, selecting, or understanding a document or transaction requiring a notarial act. (b) This section does not prohibit a notary…

A notary public may not (1) violate state or federal law in the performance of acts authorized by this chapter; (2) influence a person to enter into or avoid a transaction involving a notarial act by the notary public; (3) affix the notary public's signature or seal on a notarial…

(a) When performing a notarization, a notary public shall (1) sign in the notary public's own handwriting, on the notarial certificate, exactly and only the name indicated on the notary public's commission certificate, or sign an electronic document by electronic means as authori…

(a) A notary public shall keep an official seal, which is the exclusive property of the notary public, and shall ensure that another person does not possess or use the official seal. (b) A notary public's official seal (1) must contain (A) the notary public's name exactly as indi…

(a) With regard to each paper document being notarized, a sharp, legible, photographically reproducible impression or depiction of a notary public's official seal shall be affixed (1) on the notarial certificate near the notary public's official signature; and (2) only at the tim…

(a) Within 30 days after change of a notary public's name, mailing address, or physical address, the notary public shall, on a form provided by the lieutenant governor, submit written notification of the change, signed by the notary public. (b) The lieutenant governor may require…

(a) To resign a commission, a notary public shall notify the lieutenant governor in writing of the resignation and the date that it is effective. The notary public shall sign the notification. (b) A notary public who does not any longer meet the requirements of this chapter to be…

(a) The lieutenant governor may suspend or revoke a notary public's commission or reprimand a notary public for good cause shown, including (1) a ground on which an application for a commission may be denied; (2) failure to comply with this chapter; (3) failure to maintain reside…

(a) An address, telephone number, and electronic mail address of a notary public or an applicant that is submitted under AS 44.50.032 or 44.50.038 and that is designated by the notary public or applicant as confidential shall be kept confidential. However, a notary public shall p…

(a) The lieutenant governor shall adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) to carry out the purposes of this chapter. (b) The regulations adopted by the lieutenant governor under this section must provide standards for (1) communication technology and ident…

The lieutenant governor may publish by electronic means for commissioned notaries public a summary of the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted under this chapter. The lieutenant governor shall, upon request, distribute the summary to each person who is commissio…

(a) A remotely located individual may comply with AS 44.50.062(5)(A) by using communication technology to appear before a notary public. (b) A notary public located in this state may perform a notarial act using communication technology for a remotely located individual if (1) th…

(a) A notary public shall maintain a journal in which the notary public chronicles all notarial acts that the notary public performs under AS 44.50.075. The notary public shall retain the journal for 10 years after the performance of the last notarial act chronicled in the journa…

(a) A notary public may select one or more tamper-evident technologies with which to perform notarial acts with respect to electronic records. A person may not require a notary public to perform a notarial act with respect to an electronic record with a technology that the notary…

A certified copy of the record of the official bond with all affidavits, acknowledgments, endorsements, and attachments may be read in evidence with the same effect as the original, without further proof.

A notary and the sureties on the official bond are liable to persons injured for the damages sustained on account of misconduct or neglect of the notary.

The failure of a notarial officer to perform a duty or meet a requirement specified in this chapter does not invalidate a notarial act performed by the notarial officer. The validity of a notarial act under this chapter does not prevent an aggrieved person from seeking to invalid…

(a) Each postmaster in the state may perform the functions of a notary public in the state. (b) Each official act of a postmaster as a notary public shall be signed by the postmaster, with a designation of the person's title as postmaster, shall have the cancellation stamp of the…

This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes 15 U.S.C. 7001 — 7031 (Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act) but does not modify, limit, or supersede 15 U.S.C. 7001(c) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in 15 U.S.C. 7003(b).

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “acknowledgment” means a declaration by an individual before a notarial officer that the individual has signed a record for the purpose stated in the record and, if the record is signed in a representative capacity, that…