REFERENCE TITLE: notaries public; impersonation; violation

State of Arizona Senate Fifty-first Legislature First Regular Session 2013

SB 1094

Introduced by Senator Reagan

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 41, chapter 2, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 41‑333; relating to Notaries public.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 41, chapter 2, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-333, to read:

START_STATUTE41-333.  Impersonation of notary public; violation; classification; investigation

A.  Any person who acts as or otherwise intentionally impersonates a notary public while not lawfully appointed and commissioned to perform notarial acts is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.

B.  On receipt of a written complaint, the attorney general or the county attorney in the county in which the alleged violation occurred may investigate the alleged violation of this section. END_STATUTE