A notary who affixes their seal to an incomplete or blank notarial certificate is subject to a maximum civil penalty of:

Detailed Explanation

Government Code sections 8214.1(j) and 8214.15(b) treat failure to complete the acknowledgment at the time the notary's signature and seal are affixed as a covered violation with a maximum civil penalty of $750. A merely incomplete or blank certificate does not, by itself, establish the separate false-statement or fraud theories that support the $1,500 tier.