§ 8214.21

California Government Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

A notary public who willfully fails to provide access to the sequential journal of notarial acts when requested by a peace officer shall be subject to a civil penalty not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500). An action to impose a civil penalty under this subdivision may be brought by the Secretary of State in an administrative proceeding or any public prosecutor in superior court, and shall be enforced as a civil judgment. A public prosecutor shall inform the secretary of any civil penalty imposed under this section.

(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 399, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 2008.)

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