You mean how to tell them? Well you just tell them...the law is the law. And the law also says asking a CA notary to do something illegal is, in fact, illegal.
This is a link for a post of mine that Linda noted earlier in this thread. I suggest committing this to memory. It's a valuable tool for CA notaries:
Msg #419068
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Since you're in CA... you've got it easy. Just remind them that, per CA law, what they are asking you to do is illegal, and if they ask you again, then you will report them because knowingly asking or coercing a CA notary to do something illegal is against the law and THEY could get in to trouble just for asking.
It's a powerful tool that CA notaries have, and everytime I whip it out, it works.
It's CA Government Code 8225(a):
"Any person who solicits, coerces, or in any manner influences a notary public to perform an improper notarial act knowing that act to be an improper notarial act, including any act required of a notary public under Section 8206, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor."
Note that it says "solicits, coerces or in any manner..."? Just merely the act of continuing to ASK you do to it is illegal on their part. Once you tell them it's illegal, you're done. If they push it, get it in writing and report them. Let the SoS handle it.
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