{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"8224","citation":"Gov. Code, § 8224","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. 1977, Ch. 1009.","effective":null,"html":"<p>A notary public who has a direct financial or beneficial interest in a transaction shall not perform any notarial act in connection with such transaction.</p><p>For purposes of this section, a notary public has a direct financial or beneficial interest in a transaction if the notary public:</p><p>(a) With respect to a financial transaction, is named, individually, as a principal to the transaction.</p><p>(b) With respect to real property, is named, individually, as a grantor, grantee, mortgagor, mortgagee, trustor, trustee, beneficiary, vendor, vendee, lessor, or lessee, to the transaction.</p><p>For purposes of this section, a notary public has no direct financial or beneficial interest in a transaction where the notary public acts in the capacity of an agent, employee, insurer, attorney, escrow, or lender for a person having a direct financial or beneficial interest in the transaction.</p>","text":"A notary public who has a direct financial or beneficial interest in a transaction shall not perform any notarial act in connection with such transaction. For purposes of this section, a notary public has a direct financial or beneficial interest in a transaction if the notary public: (a) With respect to a financial transaction, is named, individually, as a principal to the transaction. (b) With respect to real property, is named, individually, as a grantor, grantee, mortgagor, mortgagee, trustor, trustee, beneficiary, vendor, vendee, lessor, or lessee, to the transaction. For purposes of this section, a notary public has no direct financial or beneficial interest in a transaction where the notary public acts in the capacity of an agent, employee, insurer, attorney, escrow, or lender for a person having a direct financial or beneficial interest in the transaction.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/notaries-public-8224","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}