INDIANA NOTARY PUBLIC UPDATED 2026 EXAM
SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS SCORED A+
✔✔You are asked by a married couple to notarize their signatures on a document. You
personally know the husband, who was your roommate in college, but you have never
met his wife, who has lost her ID card.
The couple suggests that the husband, your former roommate, serve as a credible
identifying witness for his wife. What's the answer? Can the husband be the credible
witness for this transaction? - ✔✔No, because his signature is also being notarized.
✔✔In order to check a signer for willingness, just as, "are you signing of your own free
will?" - ✔✔True
✔✔Indiana law requires a statement that includes which of the following? Select the
best answer: - ✔✔D. All of the above
✔✔A signer comes in today and asks you to perform an acknowledgment on an
application to obtain a certified copy of a birth certificate.
He presents you with his Indiana DL. Use the pre-filled entries and drag them to the
correct location. - ✔✔County of: Vigo
Date: February 12th, 20xx
Name(s) of Individual(s): John Signer
Official Stamp: *stamp logo with border*
Signature: *cursive signature*
✔✔A document is presented that contains blank spaces. You must: - ✔✔D. refuse to
notarize
✔✔When is an expired identification document acceptable? - ✔✔C. The ID isn't expired
more than three years
✔✔Mike and his wife Kim need to have their signatures notarized. Mike has an
acceptable ID, but Kim recently lost her wallet and hasn't had time to replace her ID.
When they appear before the Notary, Kim brings a friend with her. Her friend swears
that she knows Kim to be the person who signed the document. How was Kim
identified? - ✔✔credible witness
✔✔On today's date in today's location, Matthew Monroe appears before Nancy Notary
and asks her to notarize his signature on a document.
, The document is complete, and the signature is an original. Based on Nancy's
conversation with him, Matthew clearly understands what he signed and did so willingly.
He presents a current Indiana driver's license as identification.
So what do we write in the jurisdiction? - ✔✔The state and county where the
notarization takes place.
✔✔Where would you enter the date? A/B - ✔✔Area B (duh)
✔✔What is the last name of the person making the acknowledgment? - ✔✔Monroe
✔✔Who's signature goes on the signature line? - ✔✔Notary
✔✔Who's name gets printed on the "name" line? - ✔✔Signer
✔✔What need to go in the blank space in the lower left-hand part of the certificate? -
✔✔Notary's seal
✔✔Heather Homeowner's house has been burglarized. Her insurance company tells
her to list the stolen items and their approximate values, then take the list to a Notary
and swear that it is true.
Does she need to swear her list is true? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔She goes to her good friend Nigel Notary, and she tells him all this.
Does he need to ask her what type of notarization she needs? - ✔✔No.
✔✔We have all the information we need to continue.
She wants to take an oath or affirmation.
The certificate she needs is a Verification Upon Oath or Affirmation.
* Type or Print
* Attach by stapling
What county are we in? - ✔✔top left
✔✔What is the date? - ✔✔top right
✔✔Who is the person making the statement? - ✔✔mid right
✔✔Who's signature goes on the signature line? (Nigel Notary) - ✔✔bottom right
SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS SCORED A+
✔✔You are asked by a married couple to notarize their signatures on a document. You
personally know the husband, who was your roommate in college, but you have never
met his wife, who has lost her ID card.
The couple suggests that the husband, your former roommate, serve as a credible
identifying witness for his wife. What's the answer? Can the husband be the credible
witness for this transaction? - ✔✔No, because his signature is also being notarized.
✔✔In order to check a signer for willingness, just as, "are you signing of your own free
will?" - ✔✔True
✔✔Indiana law requires a statement that includes which of the following? Select the
best answer: - ✔✔D. All of the above
✔✔A signer comes in today and asks you to perform an acknowledgment on an
application to obtain a certified copy of a birth certificate.
He presents you with his Indiana DL. Use the pre-filled entries and drag them to the
correct location. - ✔✔County of: Vigo
Date: February 12th, 20xx
Name(s) of Individual(s): John Signer
Official Stamp: *stamp logo with border*
Signature: *cursive signature*
✔✔A document is presented that contains blank spaces. You must: - ✔✔D. refuse to
notarize
✔✔When is an expired identification document acceptable? - ✔✔C. The ID isn't expired
more than three years
✔✔Mike and his wife Kim need to have their signatures notarized. Mike has an
acceptable ID, but Kim recently lost her wallet and hasn't had time to replace her ID.
When they appear before the Notary, Kim brings a friend with her. Her friend swears
that she knows Kim to be the person who signed the document. How was Kim
identified? - ✔✔credible witness
✔✔On today's date in today's location, Matthew Monroe appears before Nancy Notary
and asks her to notarize his signature on a document.
, The document is complete, and the signature is an original. Based on Nancy's
conversation with him, Matthew clearly understands what he signed and did so willingly.
He presents a current Indiana driver's license as identification.
So what do we write in the jurisdiction? - ✔✔The state and county where the
notarization takes place.
✔✔Where would you enter the date? A/B - ✔✔Area B (duh)
✔✔What is the last name of the person making the acknowledgment? - ✔✔Monroe
✔✔Who's signature goes on the signature line? - ✔✔Notary
✔✔Who's name gets printed on the "name" line? - ✔✔Signer
✔✔What need to go in the blank space in the lower left-hand part of the certificate? -
✔✔Notary's seal
✔✔Heather Homeowner's house has been burglarized. Her insurance company tells
her to list the stolen items and their approximate values, then take the list to a Notary
and swear that it is true.
Does she need to swear her list is true? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔She goes to her good friend Nigel Notary, and she tells him all this.
Does he need to ask her what type of notarization she needs? - ✔✔No.
✔✔We have all the information we need to continue.
She wants to take an oath or affirmation.
The certificate she needs is a Verification Upon Oath or Affirmation.
* Type or Print
* Attach by stapling
What county are we in? - ✔✔top left
✔✔What is the date? - ✔✔top right
✔✔Who is the person making the statement? - ✔✔mid right
✔✔Who's signature goes on the signature line? (Nigel Notary) - ✔✔bottom right
