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Government Code § 8231.13

ARTICLE 2. Online Notarization

Current as of September 28, 2026Gov. Code, § 8231.13Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 291, Sec. 8. (SB 696) Effective January 1, 2024.

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.