51-118 CIVIL LIABILITY OF NOTARY PUBLIC AND EMPLOYER. - Idaho Statutes

TITLE 51

NOTARIES PUBLIC AND COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS

CHAPTER 1

IDAHO NOTARY PUBLIC ACT

51-118. Civil liability of notary public and employer. (1) A notary public shall be liable for all damages proximately caused by his official misconduct.

(2) The employer of a notary public shall be jointly and severally liable with such notary public for all damages proximately caused by the official misconduct of such notary public if:

(a) The notary public was acting within the scope of his employment; and

(b) The employer had actual knowledge of, or reasonably should have known of, the notary public’s official misconduct.