NOTARY EXAM QUESTIONS
NOTARY EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
Anyone who defaces, destroys or otherwise purposefully damages a notary
journal can be charged with which of the following: ANS >> A misdemeanour
When notarizing a California sub-division map, what procedures must the notary
follow? ANS >> A California sub-division map does not require a notary seal for
proper notarization.
An attorney submitted a written request to a notary for a copy of a journal entry.
What information must the notary require before the request can be granted?
ANS >> The month and year of notarization, the name of the party, the type of
document notarized.
An acknowledgment indicates that: ANS >> The identity of the document signer
was properly verified by the notary public.
,NOTARY EXAM QUESTIONS
Which of the following represents a correct procedural difference between taking
an acknowledgment and administering a jurat? ANS >> The signer of a document
requiring a jurat must sign in front of the notary but a document requiring an
acknowledgment may be signed prior to presentation to the notary.
There are sometimes instances when a signer has suffered a medical condition
such as a stroke leaving the signer unable to write his or her signature. In these
instances, the signer may use a mark such as an "x" instead of the signature. What
is the correct notarial procedure for a document that is being signed with a mark?
ANS >> a.
The notary must require two witnesses who will also sign the document after the
original signer has made his or her mark. The witnesses' signatures means that
they saw the signer make the mark under his or her own power.
b.
Only one of the witnesses must subscribe the name of the document signer next
to the mark and follow that with his or her own signature. The other witness
simply signs his or her name on the document as a witness.
c.
Someone, either one of the witnesses, the notary or anyone else must subscribe
the document signer's name next to the mark that is made in the journal.
Whoever subscribes the name of the signer next to the mark in the journal must
also sign the journal.
d.
All of the above
,NOTARY EXAM QUESTIONS
Which of the following statements is true? ANS >> When using a single credible
witness, that credible witness may either sign the journal or the notary must
record the credible witness's
identification document information in the journal, but not necessarily both.
Only an authorized seal manufacturer is allowed to sell notary seals and these
may only be manufactured after the notary applicant has received his or her
commissions. What is the fine for unauthorized duplication, manufacture or
selling notary seals? ANS >> $1,500
Any person acting as a notary without being duly commissioned and their action
places an encumbrance on a party affecting title to real property (such as with a
Deed of Trust) is guilty of: ANS >> a felony
Any member of the public may request a photocopy of a journal entry provided
the written requests contains the proper information concerning the notary act.
This includes the month and year the document was notarized, the name of the
signer and the name of the document notarized. How much can the notary charge
for providing this copy? ANS >> $0.30
When completing an acknowledgment, the following phrase must be completed:
On ________, before me, ___________________, personally
appeared_____________________. ... ANS >> Date of notarization, name of
notary, name of document signer(s).
The purpose of a venue on a notarized document is: ANS >> to denote where
the document was notarized.
, NOTARY EXAM QUESTIONS
Whenever an employee of a governmental entity such as state, city, county, or
public school district is specifically appointed and commissioned to act for and on
behalf of the entity, an authorized representative of the employing governmental
entity must execute a certificate that the appointment is made for the purposes of
the employer. If that commissioned employee terminates his or her employment
status, what becomes of the commission? ANS >> a.
The commission belongs to the notary and termination of employment does not
affect the commission status.
b.
Whenever a notary who obtained the commission for the purposes of an
employer terminates his or her position, the notary must always resign the
commission.
c
A notary who had a certificate filed that the appointment was made for the
purposes of the governmental agency must resign the commission if the
employee terminates employment.
d.
Once commissioned, notaries are commissioned for life regardless of the
circumstances.
Nancy Notary has misplaced her notary journal. What should she do? ANS >>
Notify the Secretary of State immediately that the journal has been lost?
NOTARY EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
Anyone who defaces, destroys or otherwise purposefully damages a notary
journal can be charged with which of the following: ANS >> A misdemeanour
When notarizing a California sub-division map, what procedures must the notary
follow? ANS >> A California sub-division map does not require a notary seal for
proper notarization.
An attorney submitted a written request to a notary for a copy of a journal entry.
What information must the notary require before the request can be granted?
ANS >> The month and year of notarization, the name of the party, the type of
document notarized.
An acknowledgment indicates that: ANS >> The identity of the document signer
was properly verified by the notary public.
,NOTARY EXAM QUESTIONS
Which of the following represents a correct procedural difference between taking
an acknowledgment and administering a jurat? ANS >> The signer of a document
requiring a jurat must sign in front of the notary but a document requiring an
acknowledgment may be signed prior to presentation to the notary.
There are sometimes instances when a signer has suffered a medical condition
such as a stroke leaving the signer unable to write his or her signature. In these
instances, the signer may use a mark such as an "x" instead of the signature. What
is the correct notarial procedure for a document that is being signed with a mark?
ANS >> a.
The notary must require two witnesses who will also sign the document after the
original signer has made his or her mark. The witnesses' signatures means that
they saw the signer make the mark under his or her own power.
b.
Only one of the witnesses must subscribe the name of the document signer next
to the mark and follow that with his or her own signature. The other witness
simply signs his or her name on the document as a witness.
c.
Someone, either one of the witnesses, the notary or anyone else must subscribe
the document signer's name next to the mark that is made in the journal.
Whoever subscribes the name of the signer next to the mark in the journal must
also sign the journal.
d.
All of the above
,NOTARY EXAM QUESTIONS
Which of the following statements is true? ANS >> When using a single credible
witness, that credible witness may either sign the journal or the notary must
record the credible witness's
identification document information in the journal, but not necessarily both.
Only an authorized seal manufacturer is allowed to sell notary seals and these
may only be manufactured after the notary applicant has received his or her
commissions. What is the fine for unauthorized duplication, manufacture or
selling notary seals? ANS >> $1,500
Any person acting as a notary without being duly commissioned and their action
places an encumbrance on a party affecting title to real property (such as with a
Deed of Trust) is guilty of: ANS >> a felony
Any member of the public may request a photocopy of a journal entry provided
the written requests contains the proper information concerning the notary act.
This includes the month and year the document was notarized, the name of the
signer and the name of the document notarized. How much can the notary charge
for providing this copy? ANS >> $0.30
When completing an acknowledgment, the following phrase must be completed:
On ________, before me, ___________________, personally
appeared_____________________. ... ANS >> Date of notarization, name of
notary, name of document signer(s).
The purpose of a venue on a notarized document is: ANS >> to denote where
the document was notarized.
, NOTARY EXAM QUESTIONS
Whenever an employee of a governmental entity such as state, city, county, or
public school district is specifically appointed and commissioned to act for and on
behalf of the entity, an authorized representative of the employing governmental
entity must execute a certificate that the appointment is made for the purposes of
the employer. If that commissioned employee terminates his or her employment
status, what becomes of the commission? ANS >> a.
The commission belongs to the notary and termination of employment does not
affect the commission status.
b.
Whenever a notary who obtained the commission for the purposes of an
employer terminates his or her position, the notary must always resign the
commission.
c
A notary who had a certificate filed that the appointment was made for the
purposes of the governmental agency must resign the commission if the
employee terminates employment.
d.
Once commissioned, notaries are commissioned for life regardless of the
circumstances.
Nancy Notary has misplaced her notary journal. What should she do? ANS >>
Notify the Secretary of State immediately that the journal has been lost?
