INDIANA NOTARY PUBLIC ACTUAL FINAL 2026 EXAM
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS SCORED A+
✔✔Who is the person making the statement? - ✔✔mid right
✔✔Who's signature goes on the signature line? (Nigel Notary) - ✔✔bottom right
✔✔What needs to go in the blank space in the lower left-hand part of the certificate? -
✔✔notary stamp
✔✔Only one of the statements on these cards, related to copy certification is true. Click
the one correct statement. - ✔✔Certifying a photocopy is an exact replica of the original.
You can not certify a vital, or public record.
You do not need to request ID for the person requesting the certification.
✔✔One of these cards describes a public or vital record, the other a privately held
record. Click the card that lists the public or vital record. - ✔✔Birth certificate
Death certificate
Mortgage
✔✔which of the following is a requirement of an acknowledgment? - ✔✔Signer affirms
his/her signature before a Notary.
✔✔A signer comes to you and asks you to notarize his signature on a statement and
give him an oath. What type of notarization is this? - ✔✔Verification upon oath or
affirmation
✔✔Is the Notary required to identify the signer when certifying a copy of a power of
attorney? - ✔✔No
✔✔Drag the steps of signature by mark to their correct sequence - ✔✔1. Signer and two
impartial witness personally appear.
2. Print signer's first name at the beginning of the line, last name at the end.
3. Ask the signer to make his Mark on the signature line.
4. Two impartial witnesses observe the signer making his mark.
5. Print the words "His Mark" or "Her Mark"
6. Witnesses sign the document.
✔✔Drag the true statements to the Right board and the Wrong statements to the Wrong
board: - ✔✔Right:
, * There are no Notary certificates specifically intended for this situation.
* "signing by proxy" means signing on someone's behalf.
* The officer must note the use of an appointed or proxy signer on the document.
Wrong:
* 3 impartial witnesses are required.
* The signer with a disability need not be in your presence.
* The witnesses must sign the document with addresses.
✔✔Are non-attorney notaries allowed to offer advice about the contents of a document
to blind people? - ✔✔No
✔✔Fill in the spaces using words on the list below: Foreign-Language Documents -
✔✔does not prohibit
non-English
English
foreign-language certificates
facts
need
certifying
✔✔Which statement is true? - ✔✔you have 30 days to notify the Secretary of State of a
change of address.
✔✔What about credible witnesses? which of these do you think is true? - ✔✔You only
get to charge $10 for both, because they're all part of the same notarial act.
✔✔*Not a question, just a note* If you are not an attorney, your ad for notarial services
must include a particular statement: - ✔✔"I am not an attorney licensed to practice law
in Indiana. I am not allowed to draft legal records, give advice on legal matters,
including immigration, or charge a fee for those activities."
✔✔There are two problems with the advertisement: - ✔✔Top & bottom sections (both in
Spanish)
✔✔In a signature by mark, what must the Notary determine? - ✔✔The signer's identity
✔✔May a Notary who is also an attorney use the term "Notario Publico" in an
advertisement? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔what is the maximum fee by law you may charge to notarize tow signatures on one
acknowledgment certificate? - ✔✔$20
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS SCORED A+
✔✔Who is the person making the statement? - ✔✔mid right
✔✔Who's signature goes on the signature line? (Nigel Notary) - ✔✔bottom right
✔✔What needs to go in the blank space in the lower left-hand part of the certificate? -
✔✔notary stamp
✔✔Only one of the statements on these cards, related to copy certification is true. Click
the one correct statement. - ✔✔Certifying a photocopy is an exact replica of the original.
You can not certify a vital, or public record.
You do not need to request ID for the person requesting the certification.
✔✔One of these cards describes a public or vital record, the other a privately held
record. Click the card that lists the public or vital record. - ✔✔Birth certificate
Death certificate
Mortgage
✔✔which of the following is a requirement of an acknowledgment? - ✔✔Signer affirms
his/her signature before a Notary.
✔✔A signer comes to you and asks you to notarize his signature on a statement and
give him an oath. What type of notarization is this? - ✔✔Verification upon oath or
affirmation
✔✔Is the Notary required to identify the signer when certifying a copy of a power of
attorney? - ✔✔No
✔✔Drag the steps of signature by mark to their correct sequence - ✔✔1. Signer and two
impartial witness personally appear.
2. Print signer's first name at the beginning of the line, last name at the end.
3. Ask the signer to make his Mark on the signature line.
4. Two impartial witnesses observe the signer making his mark.
5. Print the words "His Mark" or "Her Mark"
6. Witnesses sign the document.
✔✔Drag the true statements to the Right board and the Wrong statements to the Wrong
board: - ✔✔Right:
, * There are no Notary certificates specifically intended for this situation.
* "signing by proxy" means signing on someone's behalf.
* The officer must note the use of an appointed or proxy signer on the document.
Wrong:
* 3 impartial witnesses are required.
* The signer with a disability need not be in your presence.
* The witnesses must sign the document with addresses.
✔✔Are non-attorney notaries allowed to offer advice about the contents of a document
to blind people? - ✔✔No
✔✔Fill in the spaces using words on the list below: Foreign-Language Documents -
✔✔does not prohibit
non-English
English
foreign-language certificates
facts
need
certifying
✔✔Which statement is true? - ✔✔you have 30 days to notify the Secretary of State of a
change of address.
✔✔What about credible witnesses? which of these do you think is true? - ✔✔You only
get to charge $10 for both, because they're all part of the same notarial act.
✔✔*Not a question, just a note* If you are not an attorney, your ad for notarial services
must include a particular statement: - ✔✔"I am not an attorney licensed to practice law
in Indiana. I am not allowed to draft legal records, give advice on legal matters,
including immigration, or charge a fee for those activities."
✔✔There are two problems with the advertisement: - ✔✔Top & bottom sections (both in
Spanish)
✔✔In a signature by mark, what must the Notary determine? - ✔✔The signer's identity
✔✔May a Notary who is also an attorney use the term "Notario Publico" in an
advertisement? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔what is the maximum fee by law you may charge to notarize tow signatures on one
acknowledgment certificate? - ✔✔$20
