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You are replying to this message: | | Posted by ABC Legal Docs, LLC - Jerry Lucas on 12/6/18 11:42pm
Advertising notary services or notarizations without actual qualified government authority might be false or deceptive advertising under federal and state truth-in-advertising laws.
California Govt Code § 8227.1. Unlawful acts by one not a notary public; misdemeanor
It shall be a misdemeanor for any person who is not a duly commissioned, qualified, and acting notary public for the State of California to do any of the following: (a) Represent or hold himself or herself out to the public or to any person as being entitled to act as a notary public. (b) Assume, use or advertise the title of notary public in such a manner as to convey the impression that the person is a notary public. (c) Purport to act as a notary public. |
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