Section 09.63.060. Authentication of authority of officer.

   (a) If the notarial act is performed by a person described in AS 09.63.050(1) - (4) other than a person authorized to perform notarial acts by the laws or regulations of a foreign country, the signature, rank or title and, if appropriate, the serial number of the person are sufficient proof of the authority of a person to perform the act.
   (b) If the notarial act is performed by a person authorized by the laws or regulations of a foreign country to perform the act, there is sufficient proof of the authority of that person to act if
        (1) either a foreign service officer of the United States resident in the country in which the act is performed or a diplomatic or consular officer of the foreign country resident in the United States certifies that a person holding that office is authorized to perform the act;
        (2) the official seal of the person performing the notarial act is affixed to the document; or
        (3) the title and indication of authority to perform notarial acts of the person appear either in a digest of foreign law or in a list customarily used as a source of that information.
   (c) If the notarial act is performed by a person other than a person described in this section, there is sufficient proof of the authority of the person to act if the clerk of a court of record in the place in which the notarial act is performed certifies to the official character of the person and to the person's authority to perform the notarial act.
   (d) The signature and title of the person performing the act are prima facie evidence that the person has the designated title and that the signature is genuine.

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History

(Sec. 1 ch 37 SLA 1981)