Filing Fee: $20.00

Prerequisite:

• Applicant must be a registered voter in Lee County.

Steps in obtaining a Notary Public certificate:

1.    Complete Notary Public application (available in Probate Office).

2.    Submit application to an insurance company to obtain a Notary Public Bond in the amount of $10,000.00.

3.     Bring or send application, notary bond and $20.00 filing fee to Probate Judge's office.
(BOND MUST BE SIGNED BY APPLICANT AND APPLICANT'S SIGNATURE MUST BE NOTARIZED.)

4.    Bond will be recorded by the Probate Judge's office.

5.    Notary Public certificate will be issued stating applicant's commission date and expiration date.

6.  Applicant is responsible for acquiring their own notary seal.

THIS INFORMATION, WHICH IS BASED ON ALABAMA LAW, IS TO INFORM AND NOT TO ADVISE. NO PERSON SHOULD EVER APPLY OR INTERPRET ANY LAW WITHOUT THE AID OF A LAWYER WHO ANALYZES THE FACTS, BECAUSE THE FACTS MAY CHANGE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW. 

Prepared by the Alabama Law Institute for the Alabama Probate Judges' Association