Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 194.990 (2026)

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194.990 Criminal penalties. (1)(a) A notary public who knowingly performs or fails to perform any act prohibited or mandated respectively by this chapter, or rules adopted by the Secretary of State under this chapter, is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.

(b) Any individual not a notary public who knowingly acts as or otherwise impersonates a notary public is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.

(c) Any person who knowingly obtains, conceals, defaces or destroys the official seal, journal or official records of a notary public is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.

(d) Any person who knowingly solicits, coerces or in any way influences a notary public to commit a violation of any provision of this chapter, or any rule adopted by the secretary under this chapter, is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.

(2) The penalties described in subsection (1) of this section are in addition to other remedies provided by law.

(3) The clerk of the court in which a conviction under any provision of subsection (1) of this section is had shall transmit to the Secretary of State a duly certified copy of the judgment, which is sufficient grounds for revocation of the commission of the convicted notary public. [Amended by 1967 c.541 §21; 1989 c.976 §34; 2013 c.219 §53]

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1967–1994 · leading case: In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Hawkins, 751 P.2d 780 (Or. 1988).

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In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Hawkins, 751 P.2d 780 (Or. 1988). “This was a violation of DR 7-102(A)(4). This conduct also constituted a false statement of fact and thereby violated DR 7-102(A)(5).”

In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Benson, 814 P.2d 507 (Or. 1991). · cites it 2× “310(3) was a misdemeanor, ORS 194.990 (amended by Or Laws 1989, ch 976, § 34).”

In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Kraus, 616 P.2d 1173 (Or. 1980). “An affidavit is "a written declaration under oath.” ORS 45.020. For a notary public to "willfully make any false certificate, acknowledgment or jurat” is not only prohibited by statute (ORS 194.”

In re Weidner, 883 P.2d 1293 (Or. 1994). · cites it 3× “ORS 194.990(1) sets out criminal penalties for certain notarial violations, as follows: “(a) A notary who knowingly and repeatedly performs or fails to perform any act prohibited or mandated respectively by ORS 194.”

In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Walter, 427 P.2d 96 (Or. 1967). “ORS 194.990. The deed involved was one in which an office associate of Walter was the grantee.”

— Or. Rev. Stat. § 194.990(1) — 1 case

In re Weidner, 883 P.2d 1293 (Or. 1994). “ORS 194.990(1) sets out criminal penalties for certain notarial violations, as follows: “(a) A notary who knowingly and repeatedly performs or fails to perform any act prohibited or mandated respectively by ORS 194.”

— Or. Rev. Stat. § 194.990(l)(b) — 1 case

In re Weidner, 883 P.2d 1293 (Or. 1994). “ORS 194.990(1) sets out criminal penalties for certain notarial violations, as follows: “(a) A notary who knowingly and repeatedly performs or fails to perform any act prohibited or mandated respectively by ORS 194.”

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