97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3531
 
Introduced 2/24/2011, by Rep. Esther Golar
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 





5 ILCS 312/7-106  from Ch. 102, par. 207-106
5 ILCS 312/7-107  from Ch. 102, par. 207-107

      Amends the Illinois Notary Public Act. Makes it a Class 4 felony for a person to (i) knowingly perform notarial acts while not lawfully appointed and commissioned to perform those acts or (ii) knowingly act as, or otherwise impersonate, a notary public while not lawfully appointed and commissioned to perform notarial acts (now, it is a Class A misdemeanor to act as, or otherwise willfully impersonate, a notary public while not lawfully appointed and commissioned to perform notarial acts). Makes it a Class 4 felony (rather than a misdemeanor) to unlawfully possess a notary's official seal.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Notary Public Act is amended  by 
5changing Sections 7-106 and 7-107 as follows:
 



6    (5 ILCS 312/7-106)  (from Ch. 102, par. 207-106)



7    Sec. 7-106. Willful Impersonation. Any person who 
8knowingly performs notarial acts while not lawfully appointed 
9and commissioned to perform those
acts or who knowingly acts 
10as, or otherwise willfully impersonates, a notary
public while 
11not lawfully appointed and commissioned to perform notarial

12acts is guilty of a Class 4 felony A misdemeanor.

13(Source: P.A. 84-322.)

 



14    (5 ILCS 312/7-107)  (from Ch. 102, par. 207-107)



15    Sec. 7-107. Wrongful Possession. Any person who unlawfully 
16possesses a notary's official seal is guilty of
a Class 4 
17felony misdemeanor and punishable upon conviction by a fine not 
18exceeding $1,000.

19(Source: P.A. 84-322.)