OHIO NOTARY PUBLIC COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GUARANTEED TO PASS
◉ The minimum age for a person to be appointed and commissioned a
notary public is ____. Answer: 18
◉ If a person meets all other requirements for notary public may the
following person become a notary public? "An Ohio resident who is not
an attorney.". Answer: Yes
◉ If a person meets all other requirements for notary public, may the
following person become a notary public? "An Ohio resident who is an
attorney admitted to the practice of law in Ohio.". Answer: Yes
◉ If an attorney is not an Ohio resident, but is admitted to practice law
in Ohio and has his principal place of business in Ohio, may he be
appointed and commissioned a notary public in Ohio. Answer: Yes - also
if he has hos "primary practice in Ohio"
◉ What power does the secretary of state have if he is presented with
satisfactory evidence of official misconduct or incapacity of a notary.
Answer: Power to revoke the commission of the notary.
,◉ Before being appointed a notary public, the applicant must provide to
the secretary of state a certificate from whom. Answer: A judge of an
Ohio court of common please, court of appeals, or supreme court.
◉ No judge or justice shall issue a certificate until the judge or justice is
satisfied from personal knowledge that the applicant possess the
qualifications necessary to a proper discharge of the duties of the office
or ____________. Answer: Until the applicant has passed an
examination under any rules that the judge or justice may prescribe.
◉ The county in which an attorney who is not a citizen of this state and
who is a notary public has the attorney's principal place of business or
the attorney's primary practice shall be deemed the county in which the
attorney ___________________. Answer: Resides
◉ The term of office of a notary is _____ years. Answer: 5
◉ A notary who violates his oath and is removed by the court of
common please in the county in which he resides is ineligible for
appointment for how long. Answer: He is never eligible for
reappointment.
◉ Before entering upon the duties of the notary public office, a notary
must present his commission with oath endorsed thereon, to the clerk of
, the court of common pleas of the county where the notary public
____________. Answer: Resides.
◉ If a notary legally changes his name or address after being
commissioned, notary public must notify the secretary of state and the
appropriate clerk of courts within ____ days after the change. Answer:
30
◉ A notary, other than an attorney, who resigns his commission shall
deliver to the secretary of state, a written notice indicating the effective
dates of ____________________. Answer: Resignation.
◉ T/F? The seal must consist of the coat of arms of the state within a
cercle one inch in diameter and shall be surrounded by the words "notary
public," "notarial seal," or words to that effect. Answer: True. Also, it
must have the name of the notary public and the words "State of Ohio."
◉ The seal may be of either a type that will stamp ink onto a document
or one that ________________. Answer: Will emboss it.
◉ If the name of the notary does not appear on the seal, where must it
appear. Answer: May be printed, typewritten, or stamped in legible,
printed letters near the notary signature on each document signed by the
notary.
2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GUARANTEED TO PASS
◉ The minimum age for a person to be appointed and commissioned a
notary public is ____. Answer: 18
◉ If a person meets all other requirements for notary public may the
following person become a notary public? "An Ohio resident who is not
an attorney.". Answer: Yes
◉ If a person meets all other requirements for notary public, may the
following person become a notary public? "An Ohio resident who is an
attorney admitted to the practice of law in Ohio.". Answer: Yes
◉ If an attorney is not an Ohio resident, but is admitted to practice law
in Ohio and has his principal place of business in Ohio, may he be
appointed and commissioned a notary public in Ohio. Answer: Yes - also
if he has hos "primary practice in Ohio"
◉ What power does the secretary of state have if he is presented with
satisfactory evidence of official misconduct or incapacity of a notary.
Answer: Power to revoke the commission of the notary.
,◉ Before being appointed a notary public, the applicant must provide to
the secretary of state a certificate from whom. Answer: A judge of an
Ohio court of common please, court of appeals, or supreme court.
◉ No judge or justice shall issue a certificate until the judge or justice is
satisfied from personal knowledge that the applicant possess the
qualifications necessary to a proper discharge of the duties of the office
or ____________. Answer: Until the applicant has passed an
examination under any rules that the judge or justice may prescribe.
◉ The county in which an attorney who is not a citizen of this state and
who is a notary public has the attorney's principal place of business or
the attorney's primary practice shall be deemed the county in which the
attorney ___________________. Answer: Resides
◉ The term of office of a notary is _____ years. Answer: 5
◉ A notary who violates his oath and is removed by the court of
common please in the county in which he resides is ineligible for
appointment for how long. Answer: He is never eligible for
reappointment.
◉ Before entering upon the duties of the notary public office, a notary
must present his commission with oath endorsed thereon, to the clerk of
, the court of common pleas of the county where the notary public
____________. Answer: Resides.
◉ If a notary legally changes his name or address after being
commissioned, notary public must notify the secretary of state and the
appropriate clerk of courts within ____ days after the change. Answer:
30
◉ A notary, other than an attorney, who resigns his commission shall
deliver to the secretary of state, a written notice indicating the effective
dates of ____________________. Answer: Resignation.
◉ T/F? The seal must consist of the coat of arms of the state within a
cercle one inch in diameter and shall be surrounded by the words "notary
public," "notarial seal," or words to that effect. Answer: True. Also, it
must have the name of the notary public and the words "State of Ohio."
◉ The seal may be of either a type that will stamp ink onto a document
or one that ________________. Answer: Will emboss it.
◉ If the name of the notary does not appear on the seal, where must it
appear. Answer: May be printed, typewritten, or stamped in legible,
printed letters near the notary signature on each document signed by the
notary.
