{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-8227.1","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 8227.1","heading":"","body":"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:\n(a) Represent or hold himself or herself out to the public or to any person as being entitled to act as a notary public.\n(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.\n(c) Purport to act as a notary public.","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":"96d60c7250e0eee5a74999939f5e329640521153ce3e3e40f2a99fa5851ef39f","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-8225","next":"us-ca/gov-8227.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}