Notary Law Update: AL House Bill 99
State: Alabama
Summary: House Bill 99 makes it a Class A misdemeanor to knowingly act as a Notary Public without proper authority.
Signed:
May 14, 2012
Effective:
August 01, 2012
Chapter: Act No. 2012-382
Affects:Adds Section 13A-10-132 to the Code of Alabama
Changes: - Makes it unlawful for any person to knowingly act as a Notary Public without proper authority.
- Classifies the offense of knowingly acting as a Notary Public without proper authority a Class A misdemeanor.
Analysis:House Bill 99 makes it a Class A misdemeanor to knowingly act as a Notary Public without proper authority. This statute could be applied in the future to situations such as the robo-signing crisis where persons in the mortgage default industry knowingly notarized foreclosure affidavits with invalid commissions or without a commission.
Read the bill text.