How do you prepare an Alabama high school, college, university transcript for an apostille?

importantThe transcript must be signed by a school official (principal, registrar, counselor, etc.) The signature of the school official must be original.

Sample certification:

This is the original transcript of [ name of the student ].
[ Original signature of the school official ] [ Date ] 

importantThe signature of the school official must be properly notarized by an Alabama notary public. The best notarial certificate would be the "Acknowledgment in Representative Capacity" (The Alabama Secretary of State's Handbook for Notaries Public):

Acknowledgment (representative capacity):

State of Alabama    )
                               ) ss.:
County of _______ )
 
I,   (name of the notary)   , a Notary Public, in and for said County in said State, hereby certify that    (name of school official who signed the document)    whose name as    (position of school official, e.g. Principal, Registrar, etc.)    is signed to the foregoing document, and who is known to me, acknowledged before me on this day that, being informed of the contents of the document, he/she, in his/her capacity as such    (position of school official, e.g. Principal, Registrar, etc.)    , executed the same volutarily on the date the same bears date.
 
Given under my hand this _____ day of ____________, 20____.
 
   (Notary signature)         [Notary stamp]
[Notary's name]     Date:
Notary Public, State of Alabama

Other acceptable notarial certificates:

Acknowledgment (individual):

State of Alabama    )
                               ) ss.:
County of _________ )
 
I, _(name of the notary) , a Notary Public, in and for said County in said State, hereby certify that _(name of the school official who signed the document)   whose name is signed to the foregoing document, and who is known to me, acknowledged before me on this day that, being informed of the contents of the document, he/she executed the same volutarily on the date the same bears date.
 
Given under my hand this _____ day of ____________, 20____.
 
 (Notary signature)       [Notary stamp]
[Notary's name]     Date:
Notary Public, State of Alabama

Jurat:

State of Alabama    )
                               ) ss.:
County of _________ )
 
Subscribed and sworn to before me this  ____ day of ____________, 20__ by _(name of the school official who signed the document)  .
 
  (Notary signature)        [Notary stamp]
[Notary's name]     Date:
Notary Public, State of Alabama

Can a notary certify a copy of a transcript?

question answerYes, the State of Alabama allows copy certification by notaries public. However, please check with the receiving foreign school / agency if they will accept a notarized copy. Many foreign schools require an original transcript signed by the school principal or registrar.

In case a notarized copy is acceptable, the notary should use the following notarial certificate (The Alabama Secretary of State's Handbook for Notaries Public): 

Copy certification:

State of Alabama    )
                               ) ss.:
County of _________ )
 
I,   (name of the notary)  , a Notary Public, do hereby certify that on the ___ day of __________ 20 ___ I personally made the above /attached copy of    (description of the document)   from the original, and that it is a true, exact, complete and unaltered copy. 
 
Given under my hand this _____ day of ____________, 20____.
 
  (Notary Signature)        [Notary stamp]
[Notary's name]     Date:
Notary Public, State of Alabama

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