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Timestamp: 2019-04-21 18:53:32+00:00

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Significant changes in notarizational requirements and enforcement measures will become effective on January 1, 2008. The changes are set forth in AB 886, which was chaptered by the Secretary of State on October 10, 2007 - Chapter 399, Statutes of 2007. The following are among the new changes and enforcement measures.
Existing law requires a notary public, when executing various documents, to determine from personal knowledge or satisfactory evidence, the existence of certain facts or identities. This bill does away with personal knowledge as a basis for identification and requires instead that this determination be made on the basis of "satisfactory evidence." Civil Code §1185(a). Satisfactory evidence is defined in Civil Code §1185(b).
Failure to obtain satisfactory evidence will now subject a notary to a civil penalty not exceeding $10,000. Civil Code §1185(b)(1)(B).
A notary public who willfully states as true any material fact that he or she knows to be false will now be subject to a civil penalty not exceeding $10,000. Civil Code §1189(a)(2).
When executing a jurat, personal knowledge is no longer sufficient for identification purposes. Instead, satisfactory evidence as described in Civil Code §1185 is now required. (Government Code §8202(a)).
Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me on this ___ day of _____, 20___, by ___________, proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) who appeared before me.
Existing law requires a notary public to obtain a thumb print in connection with the signing of a deed, quitclaim deed, or deed of trust affecting real property. This requirement has now been extended to powers of attorney (Government Code §8206(a)(2)(G)).
A notary who fails to obtain a thumb print as required by law is now subject to a civil penalty not exceeding $2,500 (Government Code §8214.23).

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