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This law was first created in 1980. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 580 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1980 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":233067,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84093,"identifier":"47.1-27","token":"47.1\/6\/47.1-27","url":"\/47.1-27\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/47.1-27\/","token":"47.1\/6\/47.1-27","dublin_core":{"Title":"Civil liability of employer of notary","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 47.1-27","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The employer of a notary public<\/span> shall also be liable for all damages<\/span> proximately caused by the official misconduct<\/span> by such notary if:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The notary public<\/span> was acting within the scope of his employment at the time such damages<\/span> were caused; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The employer had actual knowledge of, or reasonably should have known of, such notary’s misconduct. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCIVIL LIABILITY OF EMPLOYER OF NOTARY (\u00a7 47.1-27)\n\nThe employer of a notary public shall also be liable for all damages proximately\ncaused by the official misconduct by such notary if:\n\n1. The notary public was acting within the scope of his employment at the time\nsuch damages were caused; and\n\n2. The employer had actual knowledge of, or reasonably should have known of,\nsuch notary’s misconduct.\n\nHISTORY: 1980, c. 580.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}