New Rules and Procedures

Effective April 30, 2015, commissioners for oaths in Alberta are governed by the new Notaries and Commissioners Act, SA 2013, c. N-5.5, and Commissioners for Oaths Regulation, Alta Reg 219/2014.  The previous Commissioners for Oaths Act, RSA 2000, c. C-20, is repealed.  There are several important features of the new legislation.

To read more download the following PDF – New Rules and Procedures

This Notary and Commissioners Act does not require stamps to be updated at this point in time as the old wording will still be accepted.  However, it is recommended that templates and new stamps contain the new wording (remove “the province of”).  Here is a link to an article from the Law Society that expands on this:  http://lawsociety.ab.ca/law-society-today/articles/articles-list/2015/04/21/new-notaries-and-commissioners-act-in-force-april-30-2015