{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-8214.21","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 8214.21","heading":"","body":"A notary public who willfully fails to provide access to the sequential journal of notarial acts when requested by a peace officer shall be subject to a civil penalty not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500). An action to impose a civil penalty under this subdivision may be brought by the Secretary of State in an administrative proceeding or any public prosecutor in superior court, and shall be enforced as a civil judgment. A public prosecutor shall inform the secretary of any civil penalty imposed under this section.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000. - 22980.]","DIVISION 1. GENERAL [8000. - 8899.95.]","CHAPTER 3. Notaries Public [8200. - 8232.4.]","ARTICLE 1. Notaries Public [8200. - 8230.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"9e84abaaaa8a278a22e1b78ab27cc8c62563f4e21ddd2307675d3292336237bb","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-8214.2","next":"us-ca/gov-8214.23"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}