New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 17 - TREASURY - GENERAL › Chapter 50 - NOTARY PUBLIC RULES › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 17:50-1.7 - Denial, revocation, suspension, or limitation

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The State Treasurer may refuse to renew a
				commission of a notary public; or suspend, revoke, or otherwise limit the
				commission of a notary public for any act or omission that demonstrates that
				the individual lacks the honesty, integrity, competence, or reliability
				necessary to act as a notary public, including:
1. Failure to comply with
				P.L.
				2021, c. 179
				(N.J.S.A.
				52:7-10et seq.);
2. A fraudulent, dishonest, or deceitful
				misstatement or omission in the application for commission as a notary public
				submitted to the State Treasurer;
3. A finding against, or admission of
				liability by, the applicant or notary public in any legal proceeding or
				disciplinary action based on fraud, dishonesty, or deceit, including, but not
				limited to, a violation of section 1 at
				P.L.
				1997, c. 1
				(N.J.S.A.
				2C:21-31) or section 1 at P.L. 1994, c. 47
				(N.J.S.A.
				2C:21-22), but nothing in this paragraph
				shall be deemed to supersede P.L. 1968, c. 282 (N.J.S.A.
				2A:168A-1et seq.);
4. A conviction of a crime of the second
				degree or above, but nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to supersede
				P.L. 1968, c. 282 (N.J.S.A. 2A:168A-1et
				seq.);
5. Failure by the notary
				public to discharge any duty required by any law, including
				P.L.
				2021, c. 179
				(N.J.S.A.
				52:7-10et seq.), any rules promulgated
				thereunder by the State Treasurer, and any other State or Federal
				law;
6. Use of false or misleading
				advertising or representation by the notary public representing that the notary
				is commissioned, licensed, or authorized to practice or engage in work that the
				notary is not commissioned, licensed, or authorized to engage in;
7. In the case of a notary public who is not
				an attorney licensed to practice law, any of the following:
i. Giving legal advice;
ii. Acting as an immigration consultant or an
				expert on immigration matters;
iii.
				Otherwise performing the duties of an attorney licensed to practice law in New
				Jersey;
iv. A disciplinary or other
				administrative action resulting in a finding of culpability if the applicant
				holds any professional license regulated by the State; or
v. Creating or reinforcing, by any means, a
				false impression that the person is licensed to engage in the practice of law
				in this State or any other state, including, but not limited to, committing a
				violation of P.L. 1994, c. 47 (N.J.S.A. 2C:21-22) or
				P.L.
				1997, c. 1
				(N.J.S.A.
				2C:21-31);
8. Failure to take and subscribe to the oath
				pursuant to
				section
				8 of
				P.L.
				2021, c. 179 (N.J.S.A.
				52:714.) within three months of the receipt of a notary public
				commission;
9. Withholding access
				to, or possession of, an original record or photocopy provided by a person who
				seeks performance of a notarial act by the notary public, except where allowed
				by law; or
10. The denial of an
				application for notary public in another state; the refusal to renew in another
				state; or the suspension, revocation, or other limitation of the commission of
				the notary public in another state.