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GOVERNMENT CODE
§ 8224. Conflict of interest; financial or beneficial interest in transaction; exceptions
A notary public who has a direct financial or beneficial interest in a transaction shall not
perform any notarial act in connection with such transaction.
For purposes of this section, a notary public has a direct financial or beneficial interest in a
transaction if the notary public:
(a) With respect to a financial transaction, is named, individually, as a principal to the
transaction.
(b) With respect to real property, is named, individually, as a grantor, grantee, mortgagor,
mortgagee, trustor, trustee, beneficiary, vendor, vendee, lessor, or lessee, to the transaction.
For purposes of this section, a notary public has no direct financial or beneficial interest in a
transaction where the notary public acts in the capacity of an agent, employee, insurer, attorney,
escrow, or lender for a person having a direct financial or beneficial interest in the transaction.
§ 8224.1. Writings, depositions or affidavits of notary public; prohibitions against proof
or taking by that notary public
A notary public shall not take the acknowledgment or proof of instruments of writing executed
by the notary public nor shall depositions or affidavits of the notary public be taken by the
notary public.
§ 8225. Improper notarial acts, solicitation, coercion or influence of performance;
misdemeanor
(a) Any person who solicits, coerces, or in any manner influences a notary public to perform
an improper notarial act knowing that act to be an improper notarial act, including any act
required of a notary public under Section 8206, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) The penalty provided by this section is not an exclusive remedy, and does not affect any
other relief or remedy provided by law.
§ 8227.1. Unlawful acts by one not a notary public; misdemeanor
It shall be a misdemeanor for any person who is not a duly commissioned, qualified, and
acting notary public for the State of California to do any of the following:
(a) Represent or hold himself or herself out to the public or to any person as being entitled to
act as a notary public.
(b) Assume, use or advertise the title of notary public in such a manner as to convey the
impression that the person is a notary public.
(c) Purport to act as a notary public.
§ 8227.3. Unlawful acts by one not a notary public; deeds of trust on single-family
residences; felony
Any person who is not a duly commissioned, qualified, and acting notary public who does
any of the acts prohibited by Section 8227.1 in relation to any document or instrument affecting
title to, placing an encumbrance on, or placing an interest secured by a mortgage or deed of
trust on, real property consisting of a single-family residence containing not more than four
dwelling units, is guilty of a felony.
§ 8228. Enforcement of chapter; examination of notarial books, records, etc.
The Secretary of State may enforce the provisions of this chapter through the examination of
a notary public’s books, records, letters, contracts, and other pertinent documents relating to
the official acts of the notary public.
§ 8228.1 Willful failure to perform duty or control notarial seal
(a) Any notary public who willfully fails to perform any duty required of a notary public
under Section 8206, or who willfully fails to keep the seal of the notary public under the direct
and exclusive control of the notary public, or who surrenders the seal of the notary public to
any person not otherwise authorized by law to possess the seal of the notary, shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor.
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