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DIVISION 9. EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS 7900-7914›PART 7. Operative Date 7931.000›CHAPTER 2.9. Confederate Flag 8195›ARTICLE 1. Notaries Public 8200-8230

§ 8227.1

California Government Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · California

It shall be a misdemeanor for any person who is not a duly commissioned, qualified, and acting notary public for the State of California to do any of the following:

(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.

(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1009.)

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