(a) The lieutenant governor may commission for the state

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 44.50.010

  • notary public: means a person commissioned to perform notarial acts under this chapter. See Alaska Statutes 44.50.200
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(1) notaries public without limitation, who are authorized to use the notary seal for all legal purposes; and
(2) limited governmental notaries public, who are state, municipal, or federal employees authorized to use the notary seal only for official government business.
(b) The term of a notary public commission is four years, except that the term of a limited governmental notary public commission coincides with the term of government employment.
(c) A person who is a state, municipal, or federal employee commissioned as a limited governmental notary public may also be commissioned as a notary public without limitation.