Notary services in California

CA SOS Notary Qualifications: chase Notary Public Materials File Notary Public Oath & Bond Child Support Applicants found to be non-compliant with child or family support orders will be issued temporary term notary public commissions. Notaries public found to be non-com

Cal. GOV Code §8212: execute an official bond in the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000). The bond shall be in the form of a bond executed by an admitted surety insurer and not a deposit in lieu of bond. (Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 79, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)

Cal. GOV Code §8206: ) 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 hel

Cal. CIV Code §1185: taken unless the officer taking it has satisfactory evidence that the person making the acknowledgment is the individual who is described in and who executed the instrument. (b) For purposes of this section, “satisfactory evidence” means the absence of information, evidence, or other circumstances that would lead a reasonable person to believe that the person making the acknowledgment is not the individual he

Cal. CIV Code §1185: ve years: (A) An identification card or driver’s license issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles. (B) A passport issued by the Department of State of the United States. (C) An inmate identification card issued by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, if the inmate is in custody in prison. (D) Any form of inmate identificat

Cal. GOV Code §8214.1: ey judgment, including restitution. (o) Failure to secure the sequential journal of official acts, pursuant to Section 8206, or the official seal, pursuant to Section 8207, or willful failure to report the theft or loss of the sequential journal, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 8206. (p) Violation of Section 8219.5. (q) Commission of an act in violation of Section 6203, 8214.2, 8225, or 8227.3 or of Section 115, 470, 487, subdivision (a) of Section 487a, or Section 530

Cal. GOV Code §8211: writing of the certificate, the sum of fifteen dollars ($15) for each signature taken. (b) For administering an oath or affirmation to one person and executing the jurat, including the seal, the sum of fifteen dollars ($15). (c) For all services rendered in connection with the taking of any deposition, the sum of thir

Cal. GOV Code §8231.10: bond in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) in lieu of the bond required by Section 8212. The bond shall be in the form of a bond executed by an admitted surety insurer and not a deposit in lieu of bond. For the official misconduct or neglect of a notary public related to

Cal. GOV Code §8231: hall be known, and may be cited, as the Online Notarization Act. (b) An online notarization platform shall not be authorized for use by a notary public in California and a notary public shall not provide online notarization for any principal pursuant to this article prior to registration with the Secre

Cal. GOV Code §8231.8: notarial certificate as a condition of recording or acceptance under California law. (Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 80, Sec. 56. (SB 1525) Effective January 1, 2025.)