A Notary’s jurisdiction is restricted to which area?
A notary's jurisdiction is limited to the state where they are commissioned.
Government Code section 8200 limits a California notary’s authority to acts performed anywhere in this state, so the territorial jurisdiction is statewide rather than county-specific. The only statutory exception is Government Code section 8203.2, which confines military and naval reservation notaries to the reservation boundaries; that exception does not apply to ordinary California notaries.
A notary's jurisdiction includes the entire state, not just the county of filing.
A notary's jurisdiction is limited to the state where they are commissioned.
Explanation
A California notary may act in any part of the state, so the jurisdiction is statewide within California. Government Code section 8200 states, “Notaries public may act as such notaries in any part of this state,” while the special limitation in section 8203.2 applies only to military and naval reservation notaries, who are authorized to act “only within the boundaries of this reservation.”