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AL Code § 36-20-55 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 20 - Notaries Public.|Article 3 - International Notaries Public.|Section 36-20-55 - Certification by Secretary of State.

Section 36-20-55Certification by Secretary of State.  If certification of a civil law notary's authority is necessary for a particular document or transaction, it must be obtained from the Secretary of State. Upon receipt of a written request from a civil law notary and the fee prescribed by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State shall issue a certification of the civil law notary's authority, in a form prescribed by the Secretary of State, which shall include a statement explaining the legal qualifications and authority of a civil law notary in this state. The fee prescribed for the issuance of the certification under this section or an apostille shall not exceed twenty dollars ($20) per document. The Secretary of State may adopt rules to implement this section. (Act 2001-967, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 861, §3.)
AL Code § 36-20-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 20 - Notaries Public.|Article 4 - Employment of Notaries Public.|Section 36-20-70 - Appointment and Commissioning; Terms; Jurisdiction; Fees and Reports of Judge of Probate.

Section 36-20-70Appointment and commissioning; terms; jurisdiction; fees and reports of judge of probate. (a) A competent number of notaries public for the state at large shall be appointed and commissioned by the judges of probate of the several counties of the state and shall hold office for four years from the date of their commission. Notaries public shall perform all the acts and exercise all authority under the general laws of the State of Alabama. The jurisdiction of the notaries public shall not be limited to the counties of their residence and shall extend to any county of the state. The judges of probate shall collect a fee of ten dollars ($10) for each notary commission issued. The judges of probate 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 subsection. (b) All existing notaries public functioning on January 1, 2012, shall continue to function pursuant to their existing authority for the remainder of their existing commission. (Act 2011-295, p. 544, §1.)
AL Code § 36-20-71 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 20 - Notaries Public.|Article 4 - Employment of Notaries Public.|Section 36-20-71 - Bond.

Section 36-20-71Bond. (a) Notaries public shall give bond with sureties, to be approved by the judge of probate of the county of their residence, in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), payable to the State of Alabama, and conditioned to faithfully discharge the duties of such office so long as they may continue therein or discharge any of the duties thereof. Such bond shall be executed, approved, filed, and recorded in the office of the judge of probate of the county of their residence, before they enter on the duties of such office. (b) All existing notaries public functioning on January 1, 2012, shall continue to function pursuant to their existing bond for the remainder of their existing commission. (Act 2011-295, p. 544, §1.)
AL Code § 36-20-72 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 20 - Notaries Public.|Article 4 - Employment of Notaries Public.|Section 36-20-72 - Seal.

Section 36-20-72Seal.  For the authentication of his or her official acts, each notary 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. (Act 2011-295, p. 544, §1.)
AL Code § 36-20-73 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 20 - Notaries Public.|Article 4 - Employment of Notaries Public.|Section 36-20-73 - Powers.

Section 36-20-73Powers.  Notaries public may do all of the following: (1) Administer oaths in all matters incident to the exercise of their office. (2) Take the acknowledgment or proof of instruments of writing relating to commerce or navigation and certify the same and all other of their official acts under their seal of office. (3) Demand acceptance and payment of bills of exchange, promissory notes, and all other writings which are governed by the commercial law as to days of grace, demand, and notice of nonpayment and protest the same for nonacceptance or nonpayment and to give notice thereof as required by law. (4) Exercise such other powers, according to commercial usage or the laws of this state, as may belong to notaries public. (Act 2011-295, p. 544, §1.)
AL Code § 36-20-74 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 20 - Notaries Public.|Article 4 - Employment of Notaries Public.|Section 36-20-74 - Fees.

Section 36-20-74Fees. Notaries public are entitled to the sum of five dollar ($5) for carrying out any of the enumerated powers in Section 36-20-73. (Act 2011-295, p. 544, §1.)
AL Code § 36-20-75 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 20 - Notaries Public.|Article 4 - Employment of Notaries Public.|Section 36-20-75 - Violations.

Section 36-20-75Violations.  Any person who, having been a notary, willfully performs or assumes the authority to perform a notarial act after his or her commission expires, with knowledge that his or her commission has expired, or any person who without a notary's commission assumes the authority and performs a notarial act shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. (Act 2011-295, p. 544, §1.)
AL Code § 36-21-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-21-1 - Payment of Fees and Costs of Defense of State Law Enforcement Officers in Certain Cases.

Section 36-21-1Payment of fees and costs of defense of state law enforcement officers in certain cases. Any law enforcement officer of the state of Alabama who is sued or prosecuted for any act committed or done within the line and scope of his duties and authority will be reimbursed by the state for legal counsel fees paid, the fees of witnesses paid by him and costs of court he paid out in defending the civil action or prosecution; provided, that the total amount of such reimbursable expenses shall not exceed $2,000.00 and provided the committee established by this section approves such claim. The committee shall consist of two members of the house of representatives named by the speaker, two members of the senate named by the president of the senate and the attorney general of Alabama. The members of the committee shall serve during their tenure in their respective offices without compensation. The acts of any three members shall constitute action by the committee. The committee shall elect a chairman from among its number and shall meet on the call of the chairman. As used in this section the term "law enforcement officer" means any person employed in the classified civil service of the state whose duties involve police work. (Acts 1967, No. 259, p. 739.)
AL Code § 36-21-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-21-2 - Subsistence Allowance for Certain Law Enforcement Officers.

Section 36-21-2Subsistence allowance for certain law enforcement officers. (a)(1) Any law enforcement officer of the State of Alabama who is employed by the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, Alabama Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board, the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission, the Alabama Securities Commission, the State Port Authority and probation and parole officers of the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles, fire marshals of the Department of Insurance, any investigator employed by the Alabama Ethics Commission, any investigator employed by a district attorney on a full-time basis, any investigator employed by the Office of the Attorney General, the marshal or any deputy marshal of the state appellate court, correctional officers of the Department of Corrections, and any law enforcement officer assigned to the Investigations Division of the Department of Revenue or to the Department of Mental Health shall receive a subsistence allowance of twelve dollars ($12) for each working day of a pay period while engaged in the performance of the duties as a law enforcement officer. This allowance shall be in addition to all other compensation, expenses, and allowances provided those officers. (2) Beginning on October 1, 2019, subsistence pay shall be paid to each law enforcement officer engaged in the performance of the duties as a law enforcement officer for a period of four or more hours within a consecutive 24-hour period of time. (b) The subsistence allowance shall not be subject to any income or other taxes levied by the State of Alabama. (c) The subsistence allowance to law enforcement officers at the Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission shall be paid from the Peace Officers' Standards and Training Fund and the subsistence allowance paid to Securities Commission Officers shall be paid from the Securities Commission Fund. (Acts 1973, No. 763, p. 1145, §1; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 99, p. 2780, §1; Acts 1977, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 27, p. 1438; Acts 1984, No. 84-306, p. 679, §1; Acts 1985, No. 85-754, p. 1254, §1; Acts 1986, No. 86-433, p. 799, §1; Acts 1987, No. 87-344, p. 508, §1; Acts 1987, No. 87-814, p. 1625, §1; Acts 1994, No. 94-595, p. 1102, §1; Acts 1997, No. 97-720, p. 1491, §1; Act 98-363, p. 633, §1; Act 2001-476, p. 638, §§1, 2; Act 2006-613, p. 1681, §1; Act 2019-451, §1; Act 2021-266, §1.)
AL Code § 36-21-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-21-3 - Lump-Sum Payments for Service of State, etc., Law Enforcement Officers, Etc.

Section 36-21-3Lump-sum payments for service of state, etc., law enforcement officers, etc. (a) Each law enforcement officer and all police communications officers employed by the State of Alabama, including law enforcement officers of the Department of Industrial Relations and the Department of Revenue, and including State Fire Marshals, shall be entitled to and receive in a lump sum the first pay period of December each year the sum of $300.00 per annum after said employee has total service for a period of five years and shall receive said payment until the tenth year of service, at which time the payment shall be made in a like manner and at a like time but in the amount of $400.00 per annum until the fifteenth year of service, at which time the payment shall be made in a like manner and at a like time but in the amount of $500.00 per annum until the twentieth year of service, at which time the payment shall be made in a like manner and at a like time but in the amount of $600.00 as long as he remains in service. (b) All policemen in cities having a population of not less than 60,000 nor more than 130,000, and in cities having not less than 9,400 nor more than 9,900 inhabitants, according to the most recent federal census, shall be considered law enforcement officers under the provisions of this section; provided, that such policemen shall be paid out of city funds. (c) All deputy sheriffs in counties having a population of not less than 115,000 nor more than 150,000 inhabitants according to the most recent federal census shall be considered law enforcement officers under the provisions of this section; provided, that such deputy sheriffs shall be paid out of county funds. (d) The payments provided for in this section shall be in addition to all salaries or wages prescribed by the merit classification system and shall be in addition to any per diem allowances or expense allowances that may be in force at the time of payment. Said sum shall not be used in computing retirement or other benefits. (Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 206, p. 474, § 1; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 97, p. 2777, § 1.)
AL Code § 36-21-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-21-4 - Overtime - Compensation Generally.

Section 36-21-4Overtime — Compensation generally. Each state law enforcement officer in the service of the state who is assigned to duty for more than 40 hours during the calendar week shall be paid time and one half for such excess hours worked or he shall be given time and one-half compensatory leave as herein provided, except as hereinafter limited. Such officers shall normally work a 40-hour work week. Hours worked in excess of 40 hours in any calendar week shall be compensated at the rate of one and one-half times his regular rate of pay up to a maximum of eight hours per week; however, compensatory time at the rate of one and one-half times regular time may be paid for overtime worked. The decision of whether to accept overtime pay or compensatory time shall be at the sole option of the officer. For the time worked, when required by employee's department, through September 30, 1977, hours worked in excess of 48 up to 54 hours, the officer shall be given straight compensatory time off. Time worked in excess of 54 hours per week shall be compensated at a rate of one and one-half times the regular pay or one and one-half times compensatory time at the discretion of the department. For the period October 1, 1977, and thereafter, all hours over 48 shall be one and one-half compensatory time or pay at the discretion of the department. (Acts 1975, No. 1180, §1; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 127, §1.)
AL Code § 36-21-4.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-21-4.1 - Overtime - Pay or Compensation Leave for Nonelected Law Enforcement Officer in Service of County.

Section 36-21-4.1Overtime - Pay or compensation leave for nonelected law enforcement officer in service of county. (a) Any nonelected law enforcement officer in the service of a county who has worked a number of hours in excess of the established and recurring work period, shall be compensated according to the standards and guidelines established by the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 C.F.R. § 553.200, et seq.). The officer shall be compensated at a rate of not less than one and one-half hours for each hour of employment for which overtime is required. Nonelected law enforcement officers may receive, in lieu of overtime pay, compensatory time off at a rate of not less than one and one-half hours for each hour of employment for which overtime is required. (b) Any law enforcement officer covered by this section who works overtime during any calendar month shall on the last day of the month file in writing a statement indicating the number of hours of overtime worked. The decision as to whether a nonelected law enforcement officer shall receive overtime pay or compensatory leave shall be at the option of the officer as prescribed in this subsection. In the event the law enforcement officer receives overtime pay, the pay shall be included with his or her compensation for the next succeeding pay period. If he or she receives compensatory leave, the leave shall be taken at any time during the calendar year in which it is earned, except during times of emergency. (Acts 1981, No. 81-868, p. 1661, §§1, 2; Acts 1996, No. 96-664, p. 1092, §1.)
AL Code § 36-21-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-21-5 - Overtime - Statement of Election of Method of Compensation.

Section 36-21-5Overtime - Statement of election of method of compensation. Any such law enforcement officer who works overtime during any calendar month shall on the last day of such month file in writing a statement as to his election to accept overtime pay or compensatory leave. In the event such law enforcement officer elects to receive overtime pay, such pay shall be included with his compensation for the next succeeding pay period. If he elects to receive compensatory leave, such leave may be taken at any time during the calendar year in which it is earned with the approval of his supervisor, except during times of emergency. The statement shall be certified by the law enforcement officer and approved by his supervisor specifying the length of time that said officer worked in excess of 40 hours in any one calendar week during the preceding month. (Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 127, p. 2824, §2.)
AL Code § 36-21-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-21-6 - Overtime - "State Law Enforcement Officer" Defined.

Section 36-21-6Overtime — "State law enforcement officer" defined. A "state law enforcement officer" shall be defined as a full-time state employee who has the power of a peace officer and who is sworn to uphold the laws and Constitution of the State of Alabama and has the power of arrest and who complies with the Minimum Standards and Training Act. (Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 127, p. 2824, §3.)
AL Code § 36-21-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-21-7 - Reimbursement by New Employer for Training Expenses.

Section 36-21-7Reimbursement by new employer for training expenses. In those instances in which a law enforcement officer, certified corrections officer, fire protection personnel, or firefighter of any municipality, county, sheriff's department, fire district, or the state is employed by the State of Alabama, any county, sheriff's department, fire district, or another municipality, within 24 months after completing the training requirements mandated by Article 3 (commencing with Section 36-21-40) of this chapter, or by Chapter 32 (commencing with Section 36-32-1), the total expense of the training, including, but not limited to, salary paid during training, transportation costs paid to the trainee for travel to and from the training facility, room, board, tuition, overtime paid to other employees who fill in for the trainee during his or her absence, and any other related training expenses, shall be reimbursed to the municipality, county, fire district, or the state which paid for the training. The municipality, county, fire district, or the state which paid for the training shall submit an itemized sworn statement to the new employer of the law enforcement officer, fire protection personnel, or firefighter, as the case may be, shall demand payment thereof, and may enforce collection of the obligation through civil remedies and procedures. The term "law enforcement officer", shall have the same meaning as in Section 36-21-40 and the term "fire protection personnel and firefighter", shall have the same meaning as in Section 36-32-1. (Acts 1980, No. 80-729, p. 1472, §1; Acts 1988, No. 88-315, p. 477, §1; Acts 1996, No. 96-626, p. 997, §1; Act 2002-424, p. 1090, §1.)
AL Code § 36-21-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-21-8 - Badge and Pistol as Part of Retirement Benefits for Certain Law Enforcement Officers and Investigators.

Section 36-21-8Badge and pistol as part of retirement benefits for certain law enforcement officers and investigators. Any person who, at the time of retirement, is in good standing and employed by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, the State Forestry Commission, the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center, the Public Service Commission, campus police at a state institution, or any other state agency which requires its officers to be Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission certified as a law enforcement officer or investigator, or by the Department of Public Safety as a State Capitol Police Officer shall receive, as part of his or her retirement benefits, without cost, his or her badge and pistol. (Acts 1981, No. 81-291, p. 373, §1; Acts 1991, No. 91-568, p. 1049, §1; Acts 1994, No. 94-713, p. 1386, §1; Acts 1996, No. 96-768, p. 1354, §1; Act 2002-519, p. 1346, §1; Act 2003-363, §1.)
AL Code § 36-21-8.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-21-8.1 - Badge Provided for Officer Killed or Disabled in Line of Duty.

Section 36-21-8.1Badge provided for officer killed or disabled in line of duty. (a) Any peace officer or law enforcement officer as defined by subsection (4) of Section 36-21-40, who is killed in the line of duty shall have provided to the deceased officer's survivor, as determined by the deceased officer's department head, the badge which was assigned to said officer at the time of his death. Such badge will be provided without cost to said survivor. (b) Any peace officer or law enforcement officer as defined by subsection (4) of Section 36-21-40, who is deemed disabled and eligible for retirement as a result of any injury received in the line of duty shall be provided by the officer's employer at no cost to such officer, a retirement badge such as is provided to regularly retired officers. (Acts 1987, No. 87-657, p. 1164, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 36-21-8.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-21-8.2 - Badge and Pistol as Part of Retirement Benefits for Department of Public Safety Law Enforcement Officers.

Section 36-21-8.2Badge and pistol as part of retirement benefits for Department of Public Safety law enforcement officers. Any individual employed by the Alabama Department of Public Safety as a law enforcement officer for a period of ten years or more who left the department in good standing prior to December 31, 1970, with a rank of sergeant or higher, shall, upon reaching the age of 56 years, be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded to other retired state law enforcement officers and shall receive from the department, without cost to him, a retired badge, a retired commission card, and a pistol. (Acts 1991, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 91-828, p. 230, §1.)
AL Code § 36-21-8.3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-21-8.3 - Receipt of Badge or Pistol Upon Retirement - Police Officers in Class 4 Municipalities.

Section 36-21-8.3Receipt of badge or pistol upon retirement - Police officers in Class 4 municipalities. (a) This section shall apply only to Class 4 municipalities. (b) Any Class 4 municipality may establish, by resolution, a procedure which provides that any person employed as a sworn police officer of the police department of the municipality for a period of 10 years or more who leaves the department in good standing may receive from the municipality, without cost to him or her, a retired badge or his or her service pistol, or both. (Act 2001-414, p. 528, §§1, 2.)