California Government Code

§ 8206

GOV § 8206 Effective Jan 1, 2017Div. 1 · Title 2 · Ch. 3 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)(1) A notary public shall keep one active sequential journal at a time, of all official acts performed as a notary public. The journal shall be kept in a locked and secured area, under the direct and exclusive control of the notary. Failure to secure the journal shall be cause for the Secretary of State to take administrative action against the commission held by the notary public pursuant to Section 8214.1.

(2)The journal shall be in addition to, and apart from, any copies of notarized documents that may be in the possession of the notary public and shall include all of the following:

(A)Date, time, and type of each official act.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 366, Sec. 5. (SB 974) Effective January 1, 2017.