Alaska Notary Requirements
ACCEPTABLE IDs FOR AN ALASKA NOTARY
AS 44.50.062
AS 44.50.062. Prohibited acts. A notary public may not
(1) violate state or federal law in the performance of acts authorized by this chapter;
(2) influence a person to enter into or avoid a transaction involving a notarial act by the notary public;
(3) affix the notary public's signature or seal on a notarial certificate that is incomplete;
(4) charge a fee for a notarial act unless a fee schedule has been provided to the signer before the performance of the notarial act;
(5) affix the notary public's official seal to a document unless the person who is to sign the document
(A) except as provided by AS 44.50.075, appears and signs the document before the notary public or, for an acknowledgment, appears and indicates to the notary public that the person voluntarily affixed the person's signature on the document for the purposes stated within the document;
(B) gives an oath or affirmation if required under law or if the notarial certificate states that the document was signed under oath or affirmation;
(C) in the case of a notarial act performed in the physical presence of the notary public, is personally known to the notary public, produces government-issued identification containing the photograph and signature of the person signing, or produces (i) government-issued identification containing the signature of the person signing, but without a photograph; and (ii) another valid identification containing the photograph and signature of the person signing; and
(D) in the case of a notarial act performed for a remotely located individual, satisfies the requirements of AS 44.50.075;
(6) perform a notarial act if the notary public (A) is a signer of or named in the document that is to be notarized; or (B) will receive directly from a transaction connected with the notarial act a commission, fee, advantage, right, title, interest, cash, property, or other consideration exceeding in value the normal fee charged by the notary for the notarial act.
Acceptable Identification
A document issued by the federal government, a state government, or a foreign government, bearing a photograph & signature OR two documents — one bearing a signature, and one bearing a photograph & signature.
A work or institution identification card may serve as the supplemental document — the common ones are listed among the options; any comparable employer, school, or care-facility card qualifies if it bears the required information. Verify the card carries what the slot requires.
Primary ID
Any other government-issued document bearing the signer's signature without a photograph — such as a signed voter registration card or tribal enrollment card — may serve here; verify the signature on the document presented.
Supplemental ID
CREDIBLE WITNESS(ES)
PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE
*Personal knowledge permitted as alternative
OTHER IDs
*Acceptable if the card bears a photograph and signature - verify on the card presented.
Journal Rules
No traditional journal statute
NO TRADITIONAL JOURNAL MANDATE.
- Journal required?
- ✗
- Bound paper journal required?
- ✗
- Wet signature required in journal?
- ✗
- Wet thumbprint required?
- ✗
- Digital journal allowed?
- ✓
- Journal format
- Optional
Notary Fees
No statutory fee cap
NO STATUTORY FEE CAP. The only operative fee rules are: (1) AS 44.50.062(4) - a notary public may not 'charge a fee for a notarial act unless a fee schedule has been provided to the signer before the performance of the notarial act'; and (2) AS 44.50.039(3) - a limited governmental notary public 'may not charge or receive a fee or other consideration for notarial services provided under this chapter.' (Commission application fee of $40 under AS 44.50.033 is a state fee, not a per-act notary charge.)
- Acknowledgment (max)
- —
- Jurat (max)
- —
- Additional signature (max)
- —
- Travel fee capped?
- ✗
- Travel fee disclosure required?
- ✓
Notarial Acts
Certificate Language
Bracketed {tokens} are placeholders the app fills in (venue, names, dates) when it generates a certificate.
Source Documents
Full statute and (where published) the commissioning authority’s notary handbook. Download links appear here once the documents table is populated.
📄 Full notary statute (coming soon) 📄 Notary handbook (coming soon)