This bill appears to include Notaries Public in the list of mandatory reporters.
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB477
"...This bill would include notaries public in the definition of mandated reporters of suspected financial abuse of an elder or dependent adult and would require a notary public, if he or she has observed or has knowledge of suspected financial abuse in connection with providing notary services, to report the known or suspected instance of financial abuse. The bill would provide that this requirement is applicable only when the notary public knows that the victim of the suspected financial abuse is an elder or dependent adult..."
Updated Assembly Bill 477 (February 2013)
"P3 1in Section 15658, within two working days to the local adult
2protective services agency or the local law enforcement agency.
3(2)(A)Any notary public who, in connection with providing
4notary services, has observed or has knowledge of suspected
5financial abuse of an elder or dependent adult shall report the
6known or suspected instance of financial abuse by telephone or
7through a confidential Internet reporting tool, as authorized
8pursuant to Section 15658, immediately, or as soon as practicably
9possible. If reported by telephone, a written report shall be sent,
10or an Internet report shall be made through the confidential Internet
11reporting tool established in Section 15658, within two working
12days to the local adult protective services agency or the local law
13 enforcement agency.
14(B) A notary public who is also an officer or employee of a
15financial institution is subject to the reporting requirement under
16paragraph (1) and not the reporting requirement under this
17paragraph.
18(C) The requirement of a notary public to report suspected
19financial abuse of an elder or dependent adult pursuant to this
20paragraph does not apply if the information to be reported is
21protected from disclosure by the attorney-client privilege or the
22notary public is subject to the duty under paragraph (1) of
23subdivision (e) of Section 6068 of the Business and Professions
Enacted Oct 2015.
This is California. |
| Messages in this Thread |
|  Signing under duress: has it happened at one of your jobs? - CJ on 7/28/16 11:02pm |
|  Re: Signing under duress: has it happened at one of your jobs? - CJ on 7/28/16 11:09pm |
|  Re: Signing under duress: has it happened at one of your jobs? - MikeC/TX on 7/28/16 11:42pm |
|  Now that you mentioned it, I felt intimidated. - CJ on 7/29/16 12:45am |
| Re: Signing under duress: has it happened at one of your jobs? - Belinda/CA on 7/29/16 10:11am |
| Re: Signing under duress: has it happened at one of your jobs? - pdl/cali on 7/28/16 11:09pm |
| yes, it has happened to me...... - notarydi/CA on 7/29/16 12:27am |
| I do agree with Mike tho n/m - notarydi/CA on 7/29/16 12:29am |
|  Thank you. :) n/m - CJ on 7/29/16 12:45am |
| Re: yes, it has happened to me...... -  JanetK_CA on 7/29/16 1:26am |
| Re: yes, it has happened to me...... - Shoshana/AZ on 7/29/16 6:12am |
| Re: yes, it has happened to me...... - James Powell on 7/29/16 6:54am |
| Important info, James. Thanks for posting this. n/m - MW/VA on 7/29/16 8:27am |
| Excellent, professional suggestion, MikeC/TX - Christine/OK on 7/29/16 4:12am |
| Re: Signing under duress: has it happened at one of your jobs? - LKT/CA on 7/29/16 7:51am |
| To add - LKT/CA on 7/29/16 7:57am |
| Re: To add - JanetK_CA on 7/29/16 3:54pm |
| Re: To add - janCA on 7/29/16 9:11pm |
| Happened to me when daughter trying to engineer RM on mom's - Cheryl Elliott on 7/29/16 8:06am |
| oh, just remembered daughter was a notary too...hilarious - Cheryl Elliott on 7/29/16 8:22am |
| Yes, I've heard of some notaries called into court over RM's - MW/VA on 7/29/16 8:30am |
| Re: Happened to me when daughter trying to engineer RM on mom - Erwin/CA on 7/29/16 9:28am |
| You didn't give any details on the transaction, whether it - MW/VA on 7/29/16 8:40am |
| In this CA booklet: - Belinda/CA on 7/29/16 10:23am |
 | Update after the CA booklet - - Belinda/CA on 7/29/16 11:01am |
| Re: Update after the CA booklet - - JanetK_CA on 7/29/16 3:30pm |
| Thanks for the update. n/m - Belinda/CA on 7/29/16 6:17pm |
| Re: Signing under duress: has it happened at one of your jobs? - MonicaFL on 7/29/16 8:25pm |
| Re: Signing under duress: has it happened at one of your jobs? - Luckydog on 7/29/16 8:49pm |
| Thank you. I read EVERY story. I learned a lot. - CJ on 7/30/16 12:04am |
| If you felt that threatened you should have called 911 - MW/VA on 7/30/16 9:39am |
| Re: If you felt that threatened you should have called 911 - JanetK_CA on 7/30/16 2:21pm |
|  Thank you, JanetK. I agree with both points - Stoli on 7/30/16 9:33pm |
| Re: Thank you. I read EVERY story. I learned a lot. - LKT/CA on 7/31/16 7:16am |
