Making Journal Entries

PART 2

Section 2

All California notaries are required to maintain a journal of notarial acts with bound and numbered pages.

You may keep only one journal going at a time. The journal must be sequential and must include all notarial acts performed by you. Your journal entries must reflect the following information:

Date and time of every notarial act.
The type of notarial act (i.e., acknowledgment, jurat, etc.)
Type of document to be notarized, i.e., Deed of Trust, Affidavit, etc.
An indication as to how the signer was identified (i.e., type of identification document or by credible witness) along with the identification number, issuing agency, and expiration date
The fee charged (if no fee is charged, write” -0-“ or “no fee”)
The signature of each person whose signature is being notarized.
If applicable, a right thumbprint of the signer

Government Code § 8206(a)(2)

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