A notary public is named individually as a 'Lessor' in a commercial property lease agreement. They perform the notarization for the Lessee's signature on this same document. Why is this illegal?

AI Explanation

Conflict of interest definitions. According to Gov. Code section 8224, a notary public has a direct financial or beneficial interest in a transaction if they are named, individually, as a grantor, grantee, mortgagor, mortgagee, trustor, trustee, beneficiary, vendor, vendee, lessor, or lessee to a real property transaction.