{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-8224","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 8224","heading":"","body":"A notary public who has a direct financial or beneficial interest in a transaction shall not perform any notarial act in connection with such transaction.\nFor purposes of this section, a notary public has a direct financial or beneficial interest in a transaction if the notary public:\n(a) With respect to a financial transaction, is named, individually, as a principal to the transaction.\n(b) With respect to real property, is named, individually, as a grantor, grantee, mortgagor, mortgagee, trustor, trustee, beneficiary, vendor, vendee, lessor, or lessee, to the transaction.\nFor purposes of this section, a notary public has no direct financial or beneficial interest in a transaction where the notary public acts in the capacity of an agent, employee, insurer, attorney, escrow, or lender for a person having a direct financial or beneficial interest in the transaction.","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":"fe7ee0f01745625fbcd7148105b9d852aad97301e822a60f27dacba5d187f201","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-8223","next":"us-ca/gov-8224.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}