REVOCATION OF COMMISSION AND DISCIPLlNARY SANCTIONS

Question 1

What are the grounds for Revocation and Administrative Sanctions?

Answer 1

SECTION 1. Revocation and Administrative Sanctions. - (a) The Executive Judge shall revoke a notarial commission for any ground on which an application for a commission may be denied.

(b) In addition, the Executive Judge may revoke the commission of, or impose appropriate administrative sanctions upon, any notary
public who:

(1) fails to keep a notarial register;
(2) fails to make the proper entry or entries in his notarial register concerning his notarial acts;
(3) fails to send the copy of the entries to the Executive Judge within the first ten (10) days of the month following;
(4) fails to affix to acknowledgments the date of expiration of his commission;
(5) fails to submit his notarial register, ·when filled, to the Executive Judge;
(6) fails to make his report, within a reasonable time, to the Executive Judge concerning the performance of his duties, as may be required by the judge;
(7) fails to require the presence of a principal at the time of the notarial act;
(8) fails to identify a principal on the basis of personal knowledge or competent evidence;
(9) executes a false or incomplete certificate under Section 5, Rule IV;
(10) knowingly performs or fails to perform any other act prohibited or mandated by these Rules; and
(11) commits any other dereliction or act which in the judgment of the Executive Judge constitutes· good cause for revocation of
commission or imposition of administrative sanction.

Question 2

Who shall supervise and monitor the notary public?

Answer 2

SEC. 2. Supervision and Monitoring of Notaries Public. - The Executive Judge shall at all times exercise supervision over notaries public and shall closely monitor their activities.

Question 3

True or False. Revocations and administrative sanctions need not be published.

Answer 3

False. SEC. 3. Publication of Revocations and Administrative Sanctions. - The
Executive Judge shall immediately order the Clerk of Court to post in a conspicuous place in the offices of the Executive Judge and of the Clerk of Court the names of notaries public who have been administratively sanctioned or
whose notarial commissions have been revoked.

Question 4

What are the punishable acts under the notarial act?

Answer 4

SECTION 1. Punishable Acts. - The Executive. Judge shall cause the prosecution of any person who:
(a) knowingly acts or otherwise impersonates a notary public;
(b) knowingly obtains, conceals, defaces, or destroys the seal, notarial register, or official records of a notary public; and
(c) knowingly solicits, coerces, or in any way influences a notary public to commit official misconduct.