Under existing law, when a declaration is to be used in a judicial or administrative proceeding, the declaration is required to be in the form of an affidavit that is sworn to in the presence of a notary public.
Also under existing law, the Alabama Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act provides that when a declaration is unsworn, with exceptions, the declaration is valid if the declarant is outside the territorial limits of the United States and the declaration is signed under penalty of perjury.
This bill would provide that, with exceptions, when a matter is required to be evidenced by a sworn declaration of the person making the declaration, the matter may be valid if it is unsworn and subscribed to by the declarant under penalty of perjury.
Further Consideration
Albritton motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 552
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary
Source: Alabama Legislature