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The below list of U.S. States and territories indicates whether a notary public in that jurisdiction is required to validate notarial acts by affixing an official seal. The list also includes the source where the Texas secretary of state obtained the information for each state or territory.

1. Louisiana Notary Database
2. Louisiana Notary For Life

NOTE: The secretary of state’s office compiled this information for purposes of complying with § 405.019, Government Code. Based on our research, we believe this information to be current as of December 2010. This information should not be relied on in determining the legal requirements of a particular jurisdiction. If you have any questions, corrections or updates in connection with this list, contact, at (512) 463-5705.

Alabama Seal required. For the authentication of his official acts, each such notary must provide a seal of office which must present, by its impression, his name, office and the state for which he was appointed. Alaska Seal required. Official seal. (a) A notary public shall keep an official seal, which is the exclusive property of the notary public, and shall ensure that another person does not possess or use the official seal. (b) A notary public’s official seal (1) must contain (A) the notary public’s name exactly as indicated on the notary public’s commission certificate; (B) the words “Notary Public” and “State of Alaska”; and (2) may be a circular form not over two inches in diameter, may be a rectangular form not more than one inch in width by two and one-half inches in length, or may be an electronic form as authorized by regulations adopted by the lieutenant governor. American Samoa Seal required.

Source:; See also Am. Somoa Code Ann.

§31.0301 et seq. 31.0339 Official Seal (a) A notary shall keep an official seal that is the exclusive property of the notary. The seal shall not be possessed or used by any other person, nor surrendered to an employer upon termination of employment. (b) An image of the official seal shall be affixed by the notary on every paper document notarized. (c) An image of the seal shall be affixed only at the time the notarial act is performed. (d) When not in use, the seal shall be kept secure and accessible only to the notary.

(e) Any seal image affixed by an adhesive label shall bear a preprinted sequential number which shall be recorded in the journal of notarial acts for its respective notarization. (f) Within 10 days after the seal of a notary is stolen, lost, damaged, or otherwise rendered incapable of affixing a legible image, the notary, after informing the appropriate law enforcement agency in the case of theft or vandalism, shall notify the Secretary by any means providing a tangible receipt or acknowledgment, including certified mail and electronic transmission, and also provide a copy or number of any pertinent police report. Upon receipt of such notice the Secretary shall issue to the notary a new Certificate of Authorization to Purchase a Notary Seal, which shall be presented to a seal vendor in accordance with section 31.0341.

(g) As soon as reasonably practicable after resignation, revocation, or expiration of a notary commission, or death of the notary, the seal shall be destroyed or defaced so that it may not be misused.

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