PA NOTARY PUBLIC EXAM REVIEW
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
2026
▶ loss or theft of the stamping device should be:? Answer:promptly notified
the department upon discovery
▶ embossing seal is? Answer:not required
▶ Journal should be in _____________ order? Answer:chronological
▶ seperate journals can be held for? Answer:tangible and electronic
records
▶ tangible journals should be? Answer:bound with numbered pages
▶ electronic journals should be? Answer:tamper - evident format the
complies with the regulations of the department
▶ journal entries should be made? Answer:contemporaneously with the act
▶ Certified journal entry copies are permissible when? Answer:is properly
applied for
▶ electronic records requires the notary be registered with the department
(when)? Answer:prior to use
▶ Electronic records statute permits, but doesn't not require, the notary
official stamp that contains? Answer:official signature
date of notarization
county and state of act
title of notarial officer
notary's expiration date.
▶ electronic records requires that? Answer:notarial certificate be attached
affixed or associated with the electronic record.
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
2026
▶ loss or theft of the stamping device should be:? Answer:promptly notified
the department upon discovery
▶ embossing seal is? Answer:not required
▶ Journal should be in _____________ order? Answer:chronological
▶ seperate journals can be held for? Answer:tangible and electronic
records
▶ tangible journals should be? Answer:bound with numbered pages
▶ electronic journals should be? Answer:tamper - evident format the
complies with the regulations of the department
▶ journal entries should be made? Answer:contemporaneously with the act
▶ Certified journal entry copies are permissible when? Answer:is properly
applied for
▶ electronic records requires the notary be registered with the department
(when)? Answer:prior to use
▶ Electronic records statute permits, but doesn't not require, the notary
official stamp that contains? Answer:official signature
date of notarization
county and state of act
title of notarial officer
notary's expiration date.
▶ electronic records requires that? Answer:notarial certificate be attached
affixed or associated with the electronic record.
