{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-36-20-70.1","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 36-20-70.1","heading":"Performance of Notarial Acts by Licensed Professionals and Their Employees Who Are Commissioned as Notaries.","body":"(a) For purposes of this section, the term “professional service” means any service or occupation that may be lawfully performed only pursuant to a license issued by a state court, state regulatory licensing board, or other similar agency, and the term “professional” refers to an individual who holds the license.\n(b) Notwithstanding Section 36-20-70:\n(1) A professional who is commissioned as a notary public, in the normal course of providing a professional service in exchange for a fee, commission, or other payment, may perform any acknowledgment or other notarial act that is required in order to provide the professional service; and\n(2) An individual who is employed by a professional and who is commissioned as a notary public may perform any acknowledgment or other notarial act that is required in the normal course of providing a professional service for which the employing professional receives a fee, commission, or other payment.","path":["Title 36 Public Officers and Employees.","Chapter 20 Notaries Public.","Article 4 Employment of Notaries Public."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=36-20-70.1","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:54Z","sha256":"0207c6dd21b9eb617cf2a76661d77521cac266676793918cce72521f3ce5a561","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-36-20-70","next":"us-al/ala.-code-36-20-71"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}