AL SB44

Adopts the Alabama Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act, allowing unsworn declarations signed under penalty of perjury to be valid when the declarant is physically located outside the boundaries of the United States.

Unsworn declarations have the same legal effect as sworn declarations when used in any Alabama judicial or administrative proceeding that permits sworn declarations, subject to specified exceptions.

Exceptions exclude depositions, oaths of office, oaths before specified officials other than notaries public, declarations to be recorded under Title 35, certain oaths under Sections 43-8-132 and 43-8-133, and durable powers of attorney under Chapter 1 of Title 26.

Requires unsworn declarations to include a specific form stating the declarant is physically located outside U.S. boundaries, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and U.S. territories, with execution date, location, printed name, and signature.

Effective date: January 1, 2012.