The Secretary of State shall provide the administrator with an official seal. Every paper executed by him as such administrator, in pursuance of any authority conferred on him by law and sealed with his official seal, shall be received in evidence and may be recorded in the proper recording office in the state in the same manner and with the same effect as a deed regularly acknowledged or proven.
Alabama Legal Code
Section 5-17-43 - Official Seal; Use of Sealed Papers as Evidence; Recording
Source: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=5-17-43· Version 2026