{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"8231.13","citation":"Gov. Code, § 8231.13","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 2. Online Notarization [8231. - 8231.20.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-1/chapter-3/article-2"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 291, Sec. 8.   (SB 696)   Effective January 1, 2024.","effective":"2024-01-01","html":"<p>A person who, without authorization, knowingly obtains, conceals, damages, or destroys the certificate, disk, coding, card, program, software, or hardware enabling a notary public to affix the notary public’s electronic signature or electronic seal is guilty of a misdemeanor.</p>","text":"A person who, without authorization, knowingly obtains, conceals, damages, or destroys the certificate, disk, coding, card, program, software, or hardware enabling a notary public to affix the notary public’s electronic signature or electronic seal is guilty of a misdemeanor.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/online-notarization-8231-13","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}