Disposition of records on vacancy in office; penalty for failure to properly dispose of records or for destroying or altering records.

1. Law
2. Oregon Revised Statutes
3. State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use
4. Uniform Law on Notarial Acts; Unsworn Foreign Declarations
5. Disposition of records on vacancy in office; penalty for failure to properly dispose of records or for destroying or altering records.

(2) A former notary public, or an individual designated personal representative or administrator for a deceased notary public, shall deliver the record and papers described in subsection (1) of this section to the Secretary of State not later than three months after the date the office becomes vacant or after the individual is designated personal representative or administrator.

(3) Violation of subsection (2) of this section is subject to a fine of not more than $500 for each violation.

(4) If any individual knowingly destroys, defaces, materially alters or conceals any record or paper of a notary public, the individual is subject to a fine of not more than $500 and shall be liable to an action for damages by the party injured. [2013 c.219 §38 (enacted in lieu of 194.130)]

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