Failure to administer the oath or affirmation when executing a jurat.
Failure to obtain a required right thumbprint in the notary sequential journal.
Willful failure to provide access to the sequential journal upon request by a peace officer.
Willfully stating as true any material fact in an acknowledgment certificate that the notary knows to be false.
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D. Willfully stating as true any material fact in an acknowledgment certificate that the notary knows to be false.
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Civil penalty tiers for notarial misconduct. According to CA Civil Code § 1189(a)(4), willfully stating a false material fact in an acknowledgment certificate carries a severe civil penalty up to $10,000. For contrast, failure to obtain a thumbprint or denying access to a peace officer carries a $2,500 penalty, and failure to administer an oath is $750.
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