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Statutes > Alabama > Title36 > Chapter20 > 36-20-30Section 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.
A competent number of notaries public for the state at large shall be appointed and commissioned by the probate judges of the several counties of the state and shall hold office for four years from the date of their commission. Such notaries public for the state at large shall perform all the acts and exercise all authority now performed and exercised by notaries public under the general laws of the State of Alabama. The jurisdiction of such notaries public shall not be limited to the counties of their residence but shall extend to any county of the state. The probate judges shall collect a fee of $1.00 for each such notary commission issued. The probate judges shall also report to the Secretary of State the name, county of residence, date of issuance and date of expiration of the commission of each notary public appointed and commissioned under this section and the fact that said notary was appointed and commissioned for the state at large.
(Acts 1943, No. 431, p. 400, §1; Acts 1963, No. 151, p. 525, §1; Acts 1976, No. 694, p. 961, §2.)