Alaska Jurat Certificate Form: Wording, Place Line and the No-Notary Option
This content is educational and informational, not legal advice. The wording reflects Alaska Statutes 09.63.020 and 09.63.030, but the law can change. Confirm the current form with the Alaska Lieutenant Governor's office before relying on it.
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Choose the standard jurat or the unsworn certification, enter the details, and the certificate updates live with the statutory Alaska wording. Copy or print it and attach it to your document.
What is the Alaska jurat wording?
AS 09.63.030 sets it out, and the statute says the certificate may be in substantially the form below, which leaves room for wording that says the same thing.
Alaska statutory jurat
Subscribed and sworn to or affirmed before me at ____________ (place) on ____________ (date).
Notary Public in and for the State of Alaska
(Seal)
My commission expires: ______
Why does the Alaska jurat name a place instead of a county?
Because Alaska has no counties. The state is organized into boroughs and a large unorganized borough covering most of its area, so a venue line asking for a county would be unanswerable across much of the map. The statutory form solves it by naming the place, meaning the town or city where the act was performed: Anchorage, Bethel, Utqiagvik. If a form arrives from outside Alaska with "County of ______" printed on it, write the community name rather than inventing a county, and note that many Alaska notaries add "State of Alaska" above the line for out-of-state recipients who expect a venue block.
What does AS 09.63.030 actually require?
Two things, and the second one is the notary's job. When a document is required by law to be notarized, the person executing it must sign and swear to or affirm it before an officer authorized to take the oath, and that officer must certify on the document that it was signed and sworn to or affirmed before them. The order matters: the signing and the swearing both happen in front of the officer, which is exactly what separates a jurat from an acknowledgment. A pre-signed affidavit does not satisfy this.
| Element | What goes there |
|---|---|
| Place | The Alaska town or city where the act was performed |
| Date | The date the signer appeared, signed and swore |
| Officer | Signature of the notary or other officer authorized to take oaths |
| Seal | Official seal and the commission expiration date |
What if no notary is available in Alaska?
Alaska provides an escape hatch that almost no other state offers: under AS 09.63.020 you may use an unsworn certification under penalty of perjury in place of a notarization when a notary public or other official empowered to administer oaths is unavailable. The certification has to state the date and place of execution, the fact that such an official is unavailable, and the words "I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true." The provision exists because in much of rural Alaska the nearest notary can be a flight away. Do not reach for it as a convenience; the statute conditions it on genuine unavailability.
Is a false unsworn certification a crime in Alaska?
Yes. AS 09.63.020 provides that a person who makes a false sworn certification which the person does not believe to be true, under penalty of perjury, is guilty of perjury. The unsworn route removes the notary, not the consequences, which is the whole point of pairing it with the penalty-of-perjury language. The same exposure attaches to a sworn statement made under an ordinary jurat. Before signing either one, read the document to the end, since you are vouching for all of it.
Who commissions notaries in Alaska?
The Lieutenant Governor, whose office publishes the Alaska notary statutes and administers commissions, rather than a Secretary of State. Alaska is one of a small handful of states, alongside Utah, where the Lieutenant Governor holds that role. For a jurat the officer does not have to be a notary at all: the statute refers to any officer authorized by law to take the person's oath or affirmation, which covers certain court and government officials as well.
Alaska jurat: frequently asked questions
- What is the Alaska jurat wording?
- AS 09.63.030 gives the form: "Subscribed and sworn to or affirmed before me at (place) on (date)." The statute says the certificate may be in substantially that form.
- Why does the Alaska jurat name a place instead of a county?
- Alaska is divided into boroughs and unorganized territory rather than counties, so the statutory certificate identifies the town or city where the act was performed.
- What if no notary is available in Alaska?
- AS 09.63.020 allows an unsworn certification under penalty of perjury, stating the date and place of execution and that a notary or other official empowered to administer oaths is unavailable.
- Is a false unsworn certification a crime in Alaska?
- Yes. A person who makes a false sworn certification which the person does not believe to be true, under penalty of perjury, is guilty of perjury.
- Who commissions notaries in Alaska?
- The Lieutenant Governor, whose office publishes the Alaska notary statutes and handles commissions, rather than a Secretary of State.
Published June 13, 2026 by the Trámites Notariales US editorial team. Sources: Alaska Statutes 09.63.020 and 09.63.030, published by the Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Alaska. Confirm current wording before relying on it.