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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67224</law_id><section_number>47.1-26</section_number><catch_line>Civil liability of notary</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="47.1">Notaries and Out-Of-State Commissioners</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="6">Civil and Criminal Liability</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A <span class="dictionary">notary public</span> shall be liable for all <span class="dictionary">damages</span> proximately caused by his <span class="dictionary">official misconduct</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 47-3; 1972, c. 824; 1980, c. 580.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
