{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"8214.21","citation":"Gov. Code, § 8214.21","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000. - 22980.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2"},{"name":"DIVISION 1. GENERAL [8000. - 8899.95.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Notaries Public [8200. - 8232.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-1/chapter-3"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. Notaries Public [8200. - 8230.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-1/chapter-3/article-1"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 399, Sec. 14.   Effective January 1, 2008.","effective":"2008-01-01","html":"<p>A notary public who willfully fails to provide access to the sequential journal of notarial acts when requested by a peace officer shall be subject to a civil penalty not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500). An action to impose a civil penalty under this subdivision may be brought by the Secretary of State in an administrative proceeding or any public prosecutor in superior court, and shall be enforced as a civil judgment. A public prosecutor shall inform the secretary of any civil penalty imposed under this section.</p>","text":"A notary public who willfully fails to provide access to the sequential journal of notarial acts when requested by a peace officer shall be subject to a civil penalty not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500). An action to impose a civil penalty under this subdivision may be brought by the Secretary of State in an administrative proceeding or any public prosecutor in superior court, and shall be enforced as a civil judgment. A public prosecutor shall inform the secretary of any civil penalty imposed under this section.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/notaries-public-8214-21","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}