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If a Notary willfully fails to keep his or her notary public seal under the notary public's
direct and exclusive control they are guilty of a ________________ - ANSWER-
Misdemeanor
If the notary public willfully surrenders the notary public's seal to any person not
authorized to possess it they have committed a ________________ - ANSWER-
Misdemeanor
If the notary public willfully fails to perform any duty required of a notary public they are
guilty of a ______________ - ANSWER-Misdemeanor
If the notary public willfully fails to properly maintain the notary publics journal they are
guilty of a ______________ - ANSWER-Misdemeanor
If the notary public willfully fails or refuses to deliver, within 30 days from the date the
notary public commission is no longer valid, all notarial journals, records, and papers to
the county clerk's office where the oath is on file. Notary shall be personally liable to any
person injured by that action or inaction and shall be guilty of a
______________________________ - ANSWER-Misdemeanor
If any person shall knowingly destroy, deface, or conceal any records or papers
belonging to the office of a notary public. That person shall be liable in a civil action for
damages to any person injured as a result of such destruction, defacing, or
concealment and they are guilty of a ______________ - ANSWER-Misdemeanor
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 is guilty of a
__________________ - ANSWER-Misdemeanor
Any person who is not duly commissioned, qualified, and an acting notary public for the
state of California whom:
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
is guilty of a ___________________________ - ANSWER-Misdemeanor

Every officer authorized by law to make or give any certificate or other writing is guilty of
a _____________ if he or she makes and delivers as true any certificate or writing
containing statements which he or she knows to be false. - ANSWER-Misdemeanor
A notary public who knowingly and willfully with intent to defraud performs any notarial
act in relation to a deed of trust on real property consisting of a single-family residence
containing not more than four dwelling units, with knowledge that the deed of trust
contains any false statements or is forged, in whole or in part is guilty of a
__________________ - ANSWER-Felony
Upon conviction of a _________________, the court shall revoke the commission of the
notary public and shall require the notary public to surrender to the court the seal of the
notary public. The court shall be forwarded the seal, together with a certified copy of the
judgment of conviction, to the Secretary of State. A ______________ is punishable with
death or imprisonment in state or county jail. - ANSWER-Felony
Any person who is not duly commissioned, qualified, and an acting notary public for the
state of California to do the following 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 ____________________
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 - ANSWER-Felony
Every person who makes a false sworn statement to a notary public, with knowledge
that the statement is false, to induce the notary public to perform an improper notarial
act on an instrument or document affecting title to, or placing an encumbrance on, real
property consisting of a single-family residence containing not more than four dwelling
units is guilty of a _____________________ - ANSWER-Felony
Fee: Any notary public who is appointed to act for and on behalf of certain public
agencies - ANSWER-Charge for all services and remit the fees received to the
employing agency. Each fee charged must be entered in the journal.
Fee: If notary public is appointed to military and naval reservations by the commanding
officer in the reservation - ANSWER-$0
Fee: To verify any nomination document or circulars affidavit - ANSWER-$0
Fee: To a US military veteran for an application, or claim for a pension, allotment,
allowance, compensation, insurance, or any other veteran's benefit - ANSWER-$0

Fee: To notarize signatures on vote by mail ballot envelopes or other voting materials -
ANSWER-$0
Fee: per page for copies of the journal by any member of the public - ANSWER-$0.30
per page, Shall include the name of the parties, the type of document, and the month
and year in which notarized
Fee: Acknowledgment, Oath/Affirmation, Jurat - ANSWER-$15
Fee: For assisting an individual with immigration documents (per set of forms) -
ANSWER-$15
Fee: Powers of attorney - ANSWER-$15
Fee: Deposition Services - ANSWER-$30, + $7 for administering the oath to the witness
+ $7 for a certificate to the deposition
Fine: Failure to notify the Secretary of State of a change in business or residential
address - ANSWER-$500
Fine: Failure to notify the Secretary of State of a name change - ANSWER-$500
Fine: Charging more than the allotted fees - ANSWER-$750
Fine: Failure to complete the acknowledgment at time the notary's signature and seal
are affixed to the document - ANSWER-$750
Fine: Failure to administer oath or affirmation - ANSWER-$750
Fine: Failure to notify the Secretary of State that your stamp or journal is lost or
unusable - ANSWER-$1,500
Fine: False or misleading advertising - ANSWER-$1,500
Fine: Commission of any act involving dishonesty, fraud, or deceit with the intent to
substantially benefit the notary public or another, or substantially injure another. -
ANSWER-$1,500
Fine: Failure to provide access to the sequential journal of notarial acts when requested
by a peace officer - ANSWER-$2,500
Fine: Failure to obtain a thumbprint - ANSWER-$2,500
Fine: if the notary public commits perjury/willfully states as true any material fact known
to be false - ANSWER-$10,000

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