Code of Virginia - Title 47.1 Notaries And Out-Of-State Commissioners - Chapter 6 Civil And Criminal Liability

• 47.1-26 Civil liability of notary
  A notary public shall be liable for all damages proximately caused by his official misconduct. (Code 1950, § 47-3; 1972, c. 824; 1980, c. 580.) ...
• 47.1-27 Civil liability of employer of notary
  The employer of a notary public shall also be liable for all damages proximately caused by the official misconduct by such notary if: 1. The ...
• 47.1-28 Willful misconduct a misdemeanor
  A. Any notary who knowingly and willfully commits any official misconduct under Chapter 5 (§ 47.1-24 et seq.) of this title shall be guilty of ...
• 47.1-29 Impersonation of notary a felony
  Any person who shall willfully act as, or otherwise impersonate, a notary public while not lawfully commissioned as a notary public or other official authorized ...
• 47.1-29.1 Wrongful possession of software or hardware.
  Any person who knowingly obtains, conceals, damages, or destroys the certificate, disk, coding, card, program, software, or hardware enabling an electronic notary to affix an ...
• 47.1-30 Conflict of interests
  No notary shall perform any notarial act with respect to any document, writing, or electronic document to which the notary or his spouse is a ...

Last modified: April 3, 2009