Code of Alabama
Article 4 - Employment of Notaries Public.
Section 36-20-75 - Violations.

Any person who, having been a notary, willfully performs or assumes the authority to perform a notarial act after his or her commission expires, with knowledge that his or her commission has expired, or any person who without a notary's commission assumes the authority and performs a notarial act shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.