California Government Code

§ 8214.21

GOV § 8214.21 Effective Jan 1, 2008Div. 1 · Title 2 · Ch. 3 · Art. 1

Statute text

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.

Legislative history

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