Terms Used In Alabama Code 31-5-12

  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • United States: includes the territories thereof and the District of Columbia. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

The State Service Commissioner shall have a seal of office and he, the assistant state service commissioner and each district service commissioner and county service commissioner shall be appointed notaries public and authorized to administer oaths to any person or persons who may desire to swear to the correctness of any statement or statements made in connection with any application for compensation, hospitalization, insurance, or any other service, aid or benefit to which such person or persons, or any other person or persons on whose behalf the affidavits are made, may be entitled under existing laws of the United States, or such as may hereafter be enacted. Such officers shall likewise be authorized and empowered to certify to the correctness of any document or documents which may be submitted in connection with any such application or applications.