West Virginia Code § 39-4-21

Grounds to deny, refuse to renew, revoke, suspend, or condition
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commission of notary public.
(a) The Secretary of State may deny, refuse to renew, revoke, suspend or impose a condition
on a commission as notary public for any act or omission that demonstrates the individual
lacks the honesty, integrity, competence, or reliability to act as a notary public, including:
(1) Failure to comply with this article;
(2) A fraudulent, dishonest or deceitful misstatement or omission in the application for a
commission as a notary public submitted to the Secretary of Statue;
(3) A conviction of the applicant or notary public of any felony or a crime involving fraud,
dishonesty or deceit;
(4) A finding against, or admission of liability by, the applicant or notary public in any legal
proceeding or disciplinary action based on the appllicant's or notary public's fraud,
dishonesty or deceit;
(5) Failure by the notary public to discharge any duty required of a notary public, whether
by this article, rules promulgated by the Secretary of State, or any federal or state law;
(6) Use of false or misleading advertising or representation by the notary public
representing that the notary has a duty, right or privilege that the notary does not have;
(7) Violation by the notaLry public of a rule of the Secretary of State regarding a notary
public;
(8) Denial, refusal to renew, revocation, suspension or conditioning of a notary public
commission in another state;
(9) WFailure of the notary public to maintain an assurance as provided in subsection (d),
section twenty of this article;
(10) Charging more than the maximum fees specified in section thirty of this article; and
(11) Failure to notify the Secretary of State of an address or name change pursuant to
subsection (b), section twenty-two of this article.
(b) If the Secretary of State denies, refuses to renew, revokes, suspends or imposes
conditions on a commission as a notary public, the applicant or notary public is entitled to
timely notice and hearing in accordance with article five, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code.
(c) The authority of the Secretary of State to deny, refuse to renew, suspend, revoke or
impose conditions on a commission as a notary public does not prevent a person from
seeking and obtaining other criminal or civil remedies provided by law.

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