Ill. Admin. Code tit. 14, § 176.980 - Revocation, Suspension, and Reprimand
For purposes of this Section, "notary public" includes an electronic notary public and remote notary public.
a) Revocation. A notary public's commission
may be revoked for any of the foregoing acts or omissions:
1) The notary public demonstrates the notary
public lacks the honesty, integrity, competence, or reliability to act as a
notary public; or
2) The notary
public fails to maintain a residence or place of employment in
Illinois.
b) Suspension.
A notary public's commission may be suspended for any actions contrary to the
Act, other laws of the State of Illinois, and this Part.
c) Other Remedial Actions. The Secretary of
State may deliver a written official warning to cease misconduct, misfeasance,
or malfeasance to any notary public whose actions are determined to violate
this Part, the Act, or other laws of the State of Illinois.
d) Before suspending or revoking a notary
public's commission, the Secretary of State must inform the notary public of
the basis for the suspension or revocation and that the suspension or
revocation takes effect on a particular date unless a request for an
administrative hearing is filed with the Secretary of State under
5 ILCS
312/7-108(j) and Section
176.990 before that
date.
e) Resignation or expiration
of a notary public's commission does not terminate or preclude an inquiry into
the notary's conduct by the Secretary of State. Whether the finding would have
been grounds for revocation will be made a matter of public record.
f) A notary public or an electronic notary
public that notarizes one of the documents listed in this subsection (f) by or
on behalf of a candidate for public office and does not enter the notarial act
or electronic notarial act into a journal does not violate the Act pursuant to
5 ILCS
312/3-107(f) and shall not be subject
to discipline provided in this Section:
1)
nominating petitions;
2) petitions
of candidacy;
3) petitions for
nominations;
4) nominating papers;
or
5) nomination papers.
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