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Montana · Through Montana Code Annotated 2025

1-5-632: Unlawful acts -- penalties.

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  1. TITLE 1. GENERAL LAWS AND DEFINITIONS
  2. CHAPTER 5. PROOF AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF INSTRUMENTS NOTARIES PUBLIC
  3. Part 6. Notarial Acts

(1) It is unlawful to:

(a) intentionally withhold from a notary public the notary public's official stamp, journal, or certificate of commission of a notary public;

(b) attach, photocopy, alter, or otherwise reproduce a notary public's signature, stamp, or completed notarial certificate for use on a record other than the original record for which it was intended;

(c) knowingly destroy, deface, or conceal a notarial record;

(d) change, modify, correct, or in any other way amend a notarial certificate, except as provided in 1-5-609(5).

(2) A person convicted of an offense under this section is subject to a fine not to exceed $2,500, incarceration for a period not to exceed 1 year, or both, for each offense.

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