[_thisdot]

It most definitely does. If you're using your gmail account as your AppleID. You can find all your notes unencrypted under a Gmail label called Notes

[Spooky23]

You didn’t choose to E2E encrypt them. You can find your unencrypted notes there.

https://support.apple.com/en-la/102537#:~:text=Open%20Notes%...