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Wheremdidmnotariesmfirstmoriginate?mWheremandmwhenmweremtheymfirstmusedminmAmerica?m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmThemRomanmEmpire.mNewmHaven,mCTm1639.
Whichmstatesmusedmnotariesminmthem17thmcentury?m-mCORRECTmANSWERmMass.,mNY,mandmVA.
Inmwhatmcenturymdidmstatesmstartmenactingmlawsmformappointingmnotaries,mdesignatingmfees,mandm
definingmterritorialmlimitsmofmtheirmjurisdictions?m-mCORRECTmANSWERm18thmCentury
Originally,mwhomoversawmcertificatesmofmappointmentminmGAmuntilm1947?mWhomassumedmauthorit
yminm1997?mWhomismcurrentlymresponsiblemformoverseeingmthemnotarymdivisionmandmwheremaremth
emcommissionsmissued?m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmStatemLibrarianmuntilm1947.mSOSmuntilm1997.mThemGAmSuperiormCourtmClerks'
mCooperative
Authoritym(GSCCCA)mismcurrentlymresponsiblemformissuingmcommissionsmthroughmeachmcounty'smCl
erkmofmSuperiormCourt.
Whatmaremthem5mbasicmqualificationsmtombemamGAmnotary?m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmTheymmustmbem18myearsmold,mUSmcitizen/legalmresident,mliveminmthemcountymi
nmwhichmthey'remappointed,mhavemamphonemnumber,mandmhavemthemabilitymtomread/writeminmEngli
sh.
WithmthemexceptionmofmapplicantsmapplyingmundermthemprovisionsmofmCodemSectionm45-17-
17,mthemapplicantmshallmsubmitmproofmtomthemClerkmofmSuperiormCourtmthatmtheymresideminmthemco
untyminmwhichmtheymaremapplyingminmthemformmonemofmthemfollowingmitems:m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmGAmDriver'smLicense,mUSmPassport,mGAmVotermIDmCard,mormothermvalidmIDmbym
amlocal/state/USmfederalmgov't.
, AccordingmtomGAmlaw,mwhommaymbemcommissionedmasmamnotarympublic?m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmAnymresidentmofmambordermstatem&mwhomcarriesmambusiness/professionminmG
AmormwhomismregularlymemployedminmGAmcanmbemcommissionedmbymthemClerkmofmSuperiormCourtmo
fmthemcountyminmwhichmsaidmprofession/businessmormemploymentmismlocated.
HowmmanymendorsersmaremneededmformCobbmnotarymapplicants?mWhatmmustmtheirmqualificationsm
be?m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmTwomaremneeded.mTheymmustmbemresidentsmwithinmthemcountyminmwhichmthe
mapplicantmismapplying,mtheymmustmbem18myearsmold,mtheymcannotmbemrelated,mandmtheymmustmhav
emknownmthemapplicantmformatmleastmammonth.
Whatmismaskedmofmthemendorsers?m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmTheymaremaskedmtomdeclaremthatmthemapplicantmismamperson
ofmintegrity,mgoodmmoralmcharacter,mandmcapablemof
performingmnotarialmacts.
Whatm5mthingsmmustmapplicantsmdeclare?mWhatmdoesmthisminclude?m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmAllmdenials,mrevocations,msuspensions,mrestrictionsmormresignationsmofmamnot
arymcommissionmandmallmcriminalmconvictions.mThismincludesmpleamofmnolomcontendere,mexceptmmi
normtrafficmviolations.
Whatmtypemofmofficemismthemofficemofmnotarympublic?mBecausemofmthis,mthatmmeansmtheminformatio
nminmthemapplicationmformappointmentmandmcommissioningmismammattermofmwhat?m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmItmismanmofficemofmpublicmtrustmandmammattermofmpublicmrecord.
OncemthemapplicationmismreceivedmbymthemClerkmofmSuperiormCourt,mthemClerkmhasmammaximummof
mhowmmanymdaysminmwhichmtomeithermgrant/denymamcommission/recommission?m-
mCORRECTmANSWERm10mdays.m(Typicallymprocessedminmlessmthanm10)