NYS NOTARY EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS|ALREADY GRADED A+
A notary at the time of appointment must be either a NYS resident or have a place of business in
New York State?
- Answer- TRUE - a notary must also be a United States citizen at the time of appointment.
However, the department of state, division of licensing services web site adds that notary may
also be a permanent resident alien of the united states
A NYS resident notary public who moves out of NYS but still maintains a place of business in
NYS can continue to be a notary in NYS?
- Answer- TRUE - how if a nonresident notary ceases to have a place of business in NYS, then
he vacates his office as a notary public.
In certain situations, the Secretary of State is not required to satisfy himself of certain notary
public requirements of an applicant, such as education?
- Answer- TRUE- example, when applicant applies less than 6 months after his term of notary
has expired, or upon the application of an attorney admitted to practice in NYS, and certain court
clerks
The Secretary of State can remove a notary without serving a copy of the charges against him? –
Answer- FALSE - the secretary of state must serve the charges and give him an opportunity to be
heard.
No person shall be appointed a notary who has been convicted of any misdemeanor.
- Answer- FALSE- a person cannot be appointed a notary if convicted of a felony
No person shall be appointed a notary public if he has been convicted unlawful possession or
distribution of habit forming narcotic drugs?
- Answer- TRUE - also cannot be appointed a notary if convixted of vagrancy or prostitution
(unless the person was pardoned or received a certificate of good conduct from a parole board).
, NYS NOTARY EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS|ALREADY GRADED A+
An attorney who is a notary public who moves to another state shall be deemed a resident of the
county where he maintains an office in NYS?
- Answer- TRUE - this section applies to attorneys who are admitted to practice in NYS and are
counselors in the courts of record in New York State.
The secretary of state shall receive a fee of $20 for changing the name or address of a notary
public
- Answer- FALSE- the fee for changing the name or address of a notary public is $10. also, the
fee for issuing a duplicate ID is also $10.
Only the secretary of state may issue a certificate of official character.
- Answer- FALSE- the county clerk may also issue a certificate of office
The secretary of state shall collect $10 for the issuance of a certificate official character? –
Answer- TRUE - the county clerk collects $10 for the filling of the certificate of official
character and $5 for the issuance of a certificate of official character with seal attached
A certification of a notarial signature is issued by the court?
- Answer- FALSE - a certification of a notarial signature is issued by the county clerk for a fee
of $3
No person removed from commissioner of deeds in New York City is eligible for reappointment
as commissioner of deeds
- Answer- TRUE - also not eligible for appointment as a notary public
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS|ALREADY GRADED A+
A notary at the time of appointment must be either a NYS resident or have a place of business in
New York State?
- Answer- TRUE - a notary must also be a United States citizen at the time of appointment.
However, the department of state, division of licensing services web site adds that notary may
also be a permanent resident alien of the united states
A NYS resident notary public who moves out of NYS but still maintains a place of business in
NYS can continue to be a notary in NYS?
- Answer- TRUE - how if a nonresident notary ceases to have a place of business in NYS, then
he vacates his office as a notary public.
In certain situations, the Secretary of State is not required to satisfy himself of certain notary
public requirements of an applicant, such as education?
- Answer- TRUE- example, when applicant applies less than 6 months after his term of notary
has expired, or upon the application of an attorney admitted to practice in NYS, and certain court
clerks
The Secretary of State can remove a notary without serving a copy of the charges against him? –
Answer- FALSE - the secretary of state must serve the charges and give him an opportunity to be
heard.
No person shall be appointed a notary who has been convicted of any misdemeanor.
- Answer- FALSE- a person cannot be appointed a notary if convicted of a felony
No person shall be appointed a notary public if he has been convicted unlawful possession or
distribution of habit forming narcotic drugs?
- Answer- TRUE - also cannot be appointed a notary if convixted of vagrancy or prostitution
(unless the person was pardoned or received a certificate of good conduct from a parole board).
, NYS NOTARY EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS|ALREADY GRADED A+
An attorney who is a notary public who moves to another state shall be deemed a resident of the
county where he maintains an office in NYS?
- Answer- TRUE - this section applies to attorneys who are admitted to practice in NYS and are
counselors in the courts of record in New York State.
The secretary of state shall receive a fee of $20 for changing the name or address of a notary
public
- Answer- FALSE- the fee for changing the name or address of a notary public is $10. also, the
fee for issuing a duplicate ID is also $10.
Only the secretary of state may issue a certificate of official character.
- Answer- FALSE- the county clerk may also issue a certificate of office
The secretary of state shall collect $10 for the issuance of a certificate official character? –
Answer- TRUE - the county clerk collects $10 for the filling of the certificate of official
character and $5 for the issuance of a certificate of official character with seal attached
A certification of a notarial signature is issued by the court?
- Answer- FALSE - a certification of a notarial signature is issued by the county clerk for a fee
of $3
No person removed from commissioner of deeds in New York City is eligible for reappointment
as commissioner of deeds
- Answer- TRUE - also not eligible for appointment as a notary public
