NOTARY PUBLIC PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
Studying these questions will prepare you to pass the California Notary Exam. Learn
the answers to each question and the reasoning behind the question. Answer the
questions without looking at any notes and then review. Do this practice exam over
until you are getting at least 90% correct. Then you will have no trouble with the 30
question state exam.
1. What is one requirement for 6. The agency of the State that will
becoming a California Notary give you the new certificate is the:
Public?
a. Corporation Commissioner
a. Be under 18 years of age b. Bureau of Notary Publics
b. Have a criminal record c. Secretary of State
c. Not pass an exam d. Department of Real Estate
d. Be a legal resident of California
7. Using the words notario publico:
2. Your jurisdiction will be:
a. Is encouraged
a. The entire state of California b. Is legal in California
b. The county in which you live c. Is prohibited
c. The city in which you work d. Indicates lingual ability
d. The entire United States
8. If a notary willingly and knowingly
3. A possible penalty for committing notarizes a real estate document
perjury is: that they know to be fraudulent,
they are guilty of a:
a. 2 years in prison
b. 3 years in prison a Misdemeanor
c. 4 years in prison b. Lis pendes
d. Any of the above c. Carpe diem
d. Felony
4. You have how many days to take
your oath of office after your 9. Death Certificates:
commencement date:
a. Must be notarized
a. 6 months b. Are not notarized
b. 10 days c. Are filed with the IRS
c. 30 days d. All of the above
d. None of the above
10. A subscribing witness can bring you a:
5. If you request a new Certificate of
Authorization, the State of a. Quit Claim Deed
California must respond within: b. Grant Deed
c. Mortgage
a. One month d. Homestead Declaration
b. 5 days
c. One year
d. 30 days
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,11. The penalty for stating a known 17. The fine for overcharging for a non-
false fact as true is now immigration form is:
a. $750 a. Up to $10
b. $1,500 b. Up to $1,000
c. $10,000 c. Up to $75,000
d. $75,000 d. Up to $750
12. Two credible witnesses 18. The fine for failing to notify the State
that your stamp or journal was lost is:
a. Are not allowed
b. Must be over 21 a. Up to $10
c. Must be fingerprinted b. Up to $1,000
d. None of the above c. Up to $1,500
d. Up to $750
13. When do you officially become a
notary? 19. Willful failure to provide a peace officer
with a journal when requested is
a. When you pass the exam punishable by a civil penalty of up to:
b. When the Secretary of State
sends your commission a. $750
c. When you do your first b. $1,500
certificate c. $500
d. When your oath and bond are d. $2,500
filed
20. What is the fine for failing to post
signs in English and in the other
14. The notary stamp may be:
language that you use that you are
not an attorney and cannot give
a. Triangle
legal advice:
b. Rectangular
c. Only a circle a. Up to $750 fine
d. None of the above b. Up to $1,500 fine and at least
one year suspension of
15. The size of the stamp could be: commission and on second
time – revocation of
a. A 6-foot diameter commission for life
b. 1 inch in width by 2 ½ inches in c. Two – four years in prison
length d. $75,000 fine
c. 2 ½ inches by 6 inches
d. One foot square 21. When a regulation states 30 days it
means:
16. If you are one of the following
concerning a document, you must a. Calendar days
not notarize it: b. Business days
c. a&b
a. Agent d. none of the above
b. Employer
c. Lawyer
d. Trustor or Trustee
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, 22. Your commission is dated 9/1/05 28. If you move, you must contact the
and you get your oath filed on proper authority within:
9/25/05. Your commission will
expire: a. 1 day
b. 10 days
a. Immediately – you were too late c. 30 days
b. 8/31/09 d. 6 months
c. 9/24/05
d. 9/1/15 29. If you give up your journal to a
proper authority, you must notify
23. The fee for notarizing a circulator’s the Secretary of State within:
affidavit is:
a. 1 day
a. $0 b. 10 days
b. $10.00 c. 30 days
c. $5.00 d. 1 month
d. Negotiable
30. A commission is valid for ______
24. A notary can certify a copy of a years:
power of attorney according to the:
a. 1 year
a. Civil Code b. 2 years
b. Probate Code c. 4 years
c. Bus. & Prof. Code d. 12 years
d. Notary Public Code
31. Your 4-year notary bond is worth:
25. You may turn your journal over to:
a. $15,000
a. Your Employer b. $750
b. No one c. $75,000
c. A Peace Officer with probable d. $1,500
cause
d. An Auditor 32. The statute of limitations for
making a statement known to be
26. During the signature by mark false is:
process, how many people write
the name of the X signer: a. One year
b. Two years
a. At least three c. Three years
b. Two d. Four years
c. One
d. None 33. To be acceptable, ID’s must be
current or issued within the past:
27. If you move, you must contact the:
a. 1 year
a. Secretary of State b. 2 years
b. Your employer c. 5 years
c. County Clerk d. 10 years
d. Department of Notary Public
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Studying these questions will prepare you to pass the California Notary Exam. Learn
the answers to each question and the reasoning behind the question. Answer the
questions without looking at any notes and then review. Do this practice exam over
until you are getting at least 90% correct. Then you will have no trouble with the 30
question state exam.
1. What is one requirement for 6. The agency of the State that will
becoming a California Notary give you the new certificate is the:
Public?
a. Corporation Commissioner
a. Be under 18 years of age b. Bureau of Notary Publics
b. Have a criminal record c. Secretary of State
c. Not pass an exam d. Department of Real Estate
d. Be a legal resident of California
7. Using the words notario publico:
2. Your jurisdiction will be:
a. Is encouraged
a. The entire state of California b. Is legal in California
b. The county in which you live c. Is prohibited
c. The city in which you work d. Indicates lingual ability
d. The entire United States
8. If a notary willingly and knowingly
3. A possible penalty for committing notarizes a real estate document
perjury is: that they know to be fraudulent,
they are guilty of a:
a. 2 years in prison
b. 3 years in prison a Misdemeanor
c. 4 years in prison b. Lis pendes
d. Any of the above c. Carpe diem
d. Felony
4. You have how many days to take
your oath of office after your 9. Death Certificates:
commencement date:
a. Must be notarized
a. 6 months b. Are not notarized
b. 10 days c. Are filed with the IRS
c. 30 days d. All of the above
d. None of the above
10. A subscribing witness can bring you a:
5. If you request a new Certificate of
Authorization, the State of a. Quit Claim Deed
California must respond within: b. Grant Deed
c. Mortgage
a. One month d. Homestead Declaration
b. 5 days
c. One year
d. 30 days
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,11. The penalty for stating a known 17. The fine for overcharging for a non-
false fact as true is now immigration form is:
a. $750 a. Up to $10
b. $1,500 b. Up to $1,000
c. $10,000 c. Up to $75,000
d. $75,000 d. Up to $750
12. Two credible witnesses 18. The fine for failing to notify the State
that your stamp or journal was lost is:
a. Are not allowed
b. Must be over 21 a. Up to $10
c. Must be fingerprinted b. Up to $1,000
d. None of the above c. Up to $1,500
d. Up to $750
13. When do you officially become a
notary? 19. Willful failure to provide a peace officer
with a journal when requested is
a. When you pass the exam punishable by a civil penalty of up to:
b. When the Secretary of State
sends your commission a. $750
c. When you do your first b. $1,500
certificate c. $500
d. When your oath and bond are d. $2,500
filed
20. What is the fine for failing to post
signs in English and in the other
14. The notary stamp may be:
language that you use that you are
not an attorney and cannot give
a. Triangle
legal advice:
b. Rectangular
c. Only a circle a. Up to $750 fine
d. None of the above b. Up to $1,500 fine and at least
one year suspension of
15. The size of the stamp could be: commission and on second
time – revocation of
a. A 6-foot diameter commission for life
b. 1 inch in width by 2 ½ inches in c. Two – four years in prison
length d. $75,000 fine
c. 2 ½ inches by 6 inches
d. One foot square 21. When a regulation states 30 days it
means:
16. If you are one of the following
concerning a document, you must a. Calendar days
not notarize it: b. Business days
c. a&b
a. Agent d. none of the above
b. Employer
c. Lawyer
d. Trustor or Trustee
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, 22. Your commission is dated 9/1/05 28. If you move, you must contact the
and you get your oath filed on proper authority within:
9/25/05. Your commission will
expire: a. 1 day
b. 10 days
a. Immediately – you were too late c. 30 days
b. 8/31/09 d. 6 months
c. 9/24/05
d. 9/1/15 29. If you give up your journal to a
proper authority, you must notify
23. The fee for notarizing a circulator’s the Secretary of State within:
affidavit is:
a. 1 day
a. $0 b. 10 days
b. $10.00 c. 30 days
c. $5.00 d. 1 month
d. Negotiable
30. A commission is valid for ______
24. A notary can certify a copy of a years:
power of attorney according to the:
a. 1 year
a. Civil Code b. 2 years
b. Probate Code c. 4 years
c. Bus. & Prof. Code d. 12 years
d. Notary Public Code
31. Your 4-year notary bond is worth:
25. You may turn your journal over to:
a. $15,000
a. Your Employer b. $750
b. No one c. $75,000
c. A Peace Officer with probable d. $1,500
cause
d. An Auditor 32. The statute of limitations for
making a statement known to be
26. During the signature by mark false is:
process, how many people write
the name of the X signer: a. One year
b. Two years
a. At least three c. Three years
b. Two d. Four years
c. One
d. None 33. To be acceptable, ID’s must be
current or issued within the past:
27. If you move, you must contact the:
a. 1 year
a. Secretary of State b. 2 years
b. Your employer c. 5 years
c. County Clerk d. 10 years
d. Department of Notary Public
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