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ORS 194.990

Known as the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Act

The act spans §§ 194.005 to 194.990 (123 sections).

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Hawkins (1988)

Most recently applied in In re Weidner (November 1994)

Amended by 1967 c.541 §21; 1989 c.976 §34; 2013 c.219 §53

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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

(1)(a) A notary public who knowingly performs or fails to perform any act prohibited or mandated respectively by this chapter, or rules adopted by the Secretary of State under this chapter, is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.

(b) Any individual 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 a violation of any provision of this chapter, or any rule adopted by the secretary under this chapter, is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.

(2) The penalties described in subsection (1) of this section are in addition to 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 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.

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Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.