{"data":{"id":"us-vt/26-v.s.a.-5342","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"26 V.S.A. § 5342","heading":"Grounds to deny, refuse to renew, revoke, suspend, or condition commission of notary public","body":"(a) The Office may deny, refuse to renew, revoke, suspend, or impose a condition on a commission as notary public for any act or omission that demonstrates the individual lacks the honesty, integrity, competence, or reliability to act as a notary public, including:\n(1) failure to comply with this chapter;\n(2) a fraudulent, dishonest, or deceitful misstatement or omission in the application for a commission as a notary public submitted to the Office;\n(3) a conviction of the applicant or notary public of any felony or a crime involving fraud, dishonesty, or deceit;\n(4) a finding against, or admission of liability by, the applicant or notary public in any legal proceeding or disciplinary action based on the applicant’s or notary public’s fraud, dishonesty, or deceit;\n(5) failure by the notary public to discharge any duty required of a notary public, whether by this chapter, rules of the Office, or any federal or State law;\n(6) use of false or misleading advertising or representation by the notary public representing that the notary has a duty, right, or privilege that the notary does not have;\n(7) violation by the notary public of a rule of the Office regarding a notary public;\n(8) denial, refusal to renew, revocation, suspension, or conditioning of a notary public commission in another state; or\n(9) committing any of the conduct set forth in 3 V.S.A. § 129a(a).\n(b) If the Office denies, refuses to renew, revokes, suspends, or imposes conditions on a commission as a notary public, the applicant or notary public is entitled to timely notice and hearing in accordance with 3 V.S.A. chapter 25.","path":["Title 26: Professions and Occupations","Chapter 103: Notaries Public","Subchapter 003: COMMISSIONS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/26/103/05342","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:08Z","sha256":"2eef799284d1f6011a6e0bf24acee8e14b36b1b810416aae600c236adfbc0746","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/26-v.s.a.-5341","next":"us-vt/26-v.s.a.-5343"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}