OHIO NOTARY PUBLIC EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Who appoints notaries public in Ohio? - ANS... -The Secretary of State
The minimum age for a person to be appointed and commissioned a notary public
is ____. - ANS... -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." -
ANS... -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." - ANS... -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? - ANS... -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? - ANS... -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? - ANS... -A judge of an Ohio court of
common pleas, 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 ____________. - ANS... -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
___________________. - ANS... -Resides
The term of office of a notary is _____ years. - ANS... -5
A notary who violates his oath and is removed by the court of common pleas in
the county in which he resides is ineligible for appointment for how long? - ANS...
-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 ____________. - ANS... -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. - ANS... -30
ANSWERS
Who appoints notaries public in Ohio? - ANS... -The Secretary of State
The minimum age for a person to be appointed and commissioned a notary public
is ____. - ANS... -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." -
ANS... -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." - ANS... -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? - ANS... -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? - ANS... -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? - ANS... -A judge of an Ohio court of
common pleas, 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 ____________. - ANS... -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
___________________. - ANS... -Resides
The term of office of a notary is _____ years. - ANS... -5
A notary who violates his oath and is removed by the court of common pleas in
the county in which he resides is ineligible for appointment for how long? - ANS...
-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 ____________. - ANS... -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. - ANS... -30
