Excerpts from: Amendments and New Laws Effective January 1, 2008 [Notary Handbook-California Secretary of State]

•            The certificate of acknowledgment now is executed under penalty of perjury (Civil Code section 1189)
•            In addition to the background check by the Department of Justice, notary public applicants' fingerprints will be submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for purposes of a background check. (Government Code section 8201.1)
•            The notary public journal must contain a notation that the identity of the person making an acknowledgment, or taking an oath or affirmation is based on "satisfactory evidence" and not "personal knowledge" (Government Code section 8206)

Penal Code

•126.    Punishment

Perjury is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three or four years.

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     Prison overcrowding is not caused by all of the notaries awaiting execution on death row.  Still, average Americans do not fully appreciate the seriousness of the position that we hold in today's society.  Certainly, there are less professional Notaries Public that wil do your bidding.  But, if you are looking for a professional Notary Signing Agent, look for the one who asks signers for their ID, takes thumbprints and asks you to raise your right hand when an affidavit is being executed. 

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