Oregon Statutes - Chapter 194 - Notaries Public - Section 194.990 - Criminal penalties.

(1) If punishment therefor is not otherwise provided for:

(a) A notary who knowingly and repeatedly performs or fails to perform any act prohibited or mandated respectively by ORS 194.005 to 194.200 or 194.505 to 194.595, or rules adopted thereunder, is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.

(b) Any person not a notary public who knowingly acts as or otherwise impersonates a notary public is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.

(c) Any person who knowingly obtains, conceals, defaces or destroys the official seal, journal or official records of a notary public is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.

(d) Any person who knowingly solicits, coerces or in any way influences a notary public to commit official misconduct is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.

(2) The remedies of subsection (1) of this section supplement other remedies provided by law.

(3) The clerk of the court in which a conviction under any provision of subsection (1) of this section is had shall forthwith transmit to the Secretary of State a duly certified copy of the judgment, which is sufficient grounds for revocation of the commission of the convicted notary public. [Amended by 1967 c.541 §21; 1989 c.976 §34]

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