SB44 Alabama 2011 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Cam Ward

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2011

Title

Civil practice, Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act, adopted, use of unsworn declarations under certain conditions if declarant is outside of United States

Description

Under existing law, a declaration which was to be used in a judicial or administrative proceeding is required to be in the form of an affidavit sworn to in the presence of a notary public.

This bill would give validity to an unsworn declaration if the declarant is outside the territorial limits of the United States and the declaration is signed under penalty of perjury.

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Subjects

Civil Procedure