§ 1-5-632 — Unlawful Acts -- Penalties

Montana § 1-5-632

• Jurisdiction: Montana
• Title 1: GENERAL LAWS AND DEFINITIONS
• Ch. 5: PROOF AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF INSTRUMENTS NOTARIES PUBLIC
• Part 6: Notarial Acts

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1-5-632 . Unlawful acts -- penalties. (1) It is unlawful to:
(a) intentionally withhold from a notary public the notary public's official stamp, journal, or certificate of commission of a notary public;
(b) attach, photocopy, alter, or otherwise reproduce a notary public's signature, stamp, or completed notarial certificate for use on a record other than the original record for which it was intended;
(c) knowingly destroy, deface, or conceal a notarial record;
(d) change, modify, correct, or in any other way amend a notarial certificate, except as provided in 1-5-609 (5).
(2) A person convicted of an offense under this section is subject to a fine not to exceed $2,500, incarceration for a period not to exceed 1 year, or both, for each offense.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 22, Ch. 123, L. 2019.