HB3531 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Notary Public Act is amended by changing Sections 7-106 and 7-107 as follows:

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

Sec. 7-106. Willful Impersonation. Any person who knowingly performs notarial acts while not lawfully appointed and commissioned to perform those acts or who knowingly acts as, or otherwise willfully impersonates, a notary public while not lawfully appointed and commissioned to perform notarial acts is guilty of a Class 4 felony A misdemeanor.

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

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

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

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