Code of Alabama

Ala. Code § 12-21-4 (2026)

Taking of Affidavits Outside State.

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Affidavits required in the commencement or progress of any action or judicial proceedings may be taken without this state before any commissioner appointed by the Governor of this state, any judge or clerk of a federal court, any judge or clerk of any court of record or any notary public, who shall certify under their hands and seals of office, if any.

(Code 1867, §645; Code 1876, §550; Code 1886, §2768; Code 1896, §1799; Code 1907, §3965; Code 1923, §7661; Code 1940, T. 7, §373.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1995–2014 · leading case: DWOC, LLC v. TRX All., Inc., 99 So. 3d 1233 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012).

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DWOC, LLC v. TRX All., Inc., 99 So. 3d 1233 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “DWOC contends that Hughes’s affidavit may not be used to authenticate the software-licensing agreement because the affidavit does not comply with § 12-21-4, Ala.Code 1975. That section provides: “Affidavits required in the commencement or progress of any action or judicial…”

Roe v. Mobile Cnty. Appointment Bd., 676 So. 2d 1206 (Ala. 1995). “"); § 12-21-4 ("Affidavits required in the commencement or progress of any action or judicial proceeding can be taken without this state before any commissioner appointed by the governor et al.”

DWOC, LLC v. TRX All., Inc., 156 So. 3d 978 (Ala. Civ. App. 2014). “, supra, DWOC argued that *981 the trial court had erred in failing to conduct a hearing on its postjudgment motion to consider its argument that Dustin Hughes’s affidavit submitted in support of TRX’s motion to dismiss was not properly notarized pursuant to § 12-21-4, Ala.Code…”

Haston v. Gen. Motors Corp., 678 So. 2d 1164 (Ala. Civ. App. 1996). · cites it 4× “In Murray , the Court stated: “Ala.Code 1975, § 12-21-4 sets out the requirements for obtaining an out-of-state affidavit that will be used in an action in an Alabama court: “Affidavits required in the commencement or progress of any action or judicial proceeding may be taken…”

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