California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 8231.13

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.

Cite this section

Cal. Gov. Code § 8231.13 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/gov/title-2-government-of-the-state-of-california/division-1-general/chapter-3-notaries-public/article-2-online-notarization/section-8231.13

Other sections in Article 2 - Online Notarization

§ 8231§ 8231.1§ 8231.2§ 8231.10§ 8231.11§ 8231.12§ 8231.13§ 8231.14§ 8231.15§ 8231.16§ 8231.17§ 8231.18§ 8231.19§ 8231.20

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