{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-8231.13","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 8231.13","heading":"","body":"A person who, without authorization, knowingly obtains, conceals, damages, or destroys the certificate, disk, coding, card, program, software, or hardware enabling a notary public to affix the notary public’s electronic signature or electronic seal is guilty of a misdemeanor.","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 2. Online Notarization [8231. - 8231.20.]"],"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":"c90792eaa4776432fdfc253f533a60b019b532882ae9e9bcd943784d7584708a","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-8231.12","next":"us-ca/gov-8231.14"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}