California Notary Public Resources and Information

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National Notary Association

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Classes, Notary Public
UCSD Extension

Classes, Loan Signing Agent
Grossmont-Cuyamaca Preview

National Notary Association offers both regional and online notary classes for the following:

Notary Public
Notary Public Commission Renewal
Certified Loan Signing Agent
eNotarization

You can also purchase these notary supplies:

Notary Seals
Embossers
Notary Sequential Journals
Notary Bonds
Notary E&O Insurance
Notarial Certification Forms

California Secretary of State
Notary Public Section

Mailing Address:

State of California
Secretary of State
Notary Public Section
P.O. Box 942877
Sacramento, CA 94277-0001

Location:

1500 11th Street, 2nd Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814

8am - 5pm PST

2008 California Notary Handbook
2008 California Notary Acknowledgement Form
2008 California Notary Jurat Form
CA Notary Public Name Change application
CA Notary Public Address Change Form

California Secretary of State
2008 Notary Newsletter PDF. 84.6KB

California Assembly Bill 886
Amends Civil Code sections 1185 and 1189.
Amends Government Code sections:6203, 8201.1, 8201.2, 8201.5, 8202, 8206, 8213.5, 8213.6, 8214.1, 8214.2, 8214.15, 8221, 8225, 8228, 8228.1.
Adds sections 8214.21, 8214.23 to the government code relating to notaries.

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Bill Author: Sharon Runner
Introduced: February 22. 2007

Bill changes summary:

Bill eliminates personal knowledge as an option to identify a signer. Failure to obtain satisfactory evidence would subject the notary to a civil fine not to exceed $10,000. Notarial certificate wording will be changed accordingly.

Bill prohibits a notary from using a commercial mail receiving agency or post office box as a principal place of business.

Bill adds requirement for notary applicants to provide a photo when submitting an application.

Bill adds penalty for failure to provide the Secretary of State with a notification of change of address or name in which case a notary may incur a fine of not more than $500.

Bill changes fine provisions and civil penalties for acts such as willful failure to provide access to the sequential journal to a requesting peace officer or failure to obtain a required thumbprint from a signer.

Bill adds power-of-attorney signer as required to provide a thumbprint in the sequential journal.

Bill requires a peace officer to have probable cause to seize a sequential journal and requires the peace officer to notify the Secretary of State within 24 hours of journal seizure the name of the notary public who is the owner of the journal.

Bill authorizes peace officers and public prosecutors to enforce specific provisions and also notify the Secretary of State when a civil penalty is imposed for violations.

California Assembly Bill 434 adds section 8206.5 to government code relating to notary publics.

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Bill Author: Silva
Introduced: February 16, 2007

Bill specifies 15 working days for notaries to respond to public request for copies of sequential journal entries.

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