2011 Idaho Code
TITLE 51 NOTARIES PUBLIC AND COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS
CHAPTER 1 IDAHO NOTARY PUBLIC ACT
51-112 OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT.

TITLE 51

NOTARIES PUBLIC AND COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS

CHAPTER 1

IDAHO NOTARY PUBLIC ACT

51-112. Official misconduct. Official misconduct is the wrongful exercise of a power or the wrongful performance of a duty. In this context, wrongful shall mean unauthorized, unlawful, abusive, negligent, or reckless. Official misconduct by a notary public shall include, but not be limited to:

(a) Engaging in any fraudulent or deceptive conduct which is related in any way to his capacity as a notary public;

(b) Failure to exercise the required degree of care in identifying a person whose identity is an essential element of a notarial act;

(c) Representing or implying by the use of his title that he has qualifications, powers, duties, rights, or privileges that by the law he does not possess;

(d) Engaging in the unauthorized practice of law;

(e) Charging a fee for a notarial act which is in excess of that provided by section 51-110, Idaho Code; or

(f) Endorsing or promoting any product, service, contest or other offering if the notary public’s title or seal is used in the endorsement or promotional statement.