CALIFORNIA NOTARY ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ALREADY
GRADED A+ BRAND NEW!! 2025
8204. Term of office --- correct answer ---The term of office of a notary
public is for four years commencing with the date specified in the
commission.
The seal requirements --- correct answer ---The seal may be circular not
over two inches in diameter, or may be a rectangular form of not more than
one inch in width by two and one-half inches in length, with a serrated or
milled edged border, and shall contain the information required by this
section.
Government Code
8207.1. Identification number --- correct answer ---The Secretary of State
shall assign a sequential identification number to each notary which shall
appear on the notary commission.
8207.2. Manufacture, duplication, and sale of seal or stamp; procedures and
guidelines for issuance of seals; certificate of authorization --- correct
,answer ---No notary seal or press stamp shall be manufactured, duplicated,
sold, or offered for sale unless authorized by the Secretary of State.
GC 8207.3. Certificates of authorization; authorization to provide seal; lost,
misplaced, damaged or otherwise unworkable seal --- correct answer ---The
Secretary of State shall issue certificates of authorization with which a
notary public can obtain an official notary seal.
GC 8207.3 Any notary whose official seal is lost, misplaced, destroyed,
broken, damaged, or is rendered otherwise unworkable shall immediately
mail or deliver written notice of that fact to the Secretary of State. ---
correct answer ---The Secretary of State, within five working days after
receipt of the notice, if requested by a notary, shall issue a certificate of
authorization which a notary may use to obtain a replacement seal.
Government Code
8207.4. Violations; penalties --- correct answer ---Any person who willfully
violates any part of Section 8207.1, 8207.2, 8207.3, or 8207.4 shall be
subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars
($1,500) for each violation
Government Code
, 8212. Bond; amount; form --- correct answer ---Every person appointed a
notary public shall execute an official bond in the sum of fifteen thousand
dollars ($15,000). The bond shall be in the form of a bond executed by an
admitted surety insurer and not a deposit in lieu of bond.
GC 8213. Bonds and oaths; filing; certificate; copy of oath as evidence;
transfer to new county; name changes; fees --- correct answer ---No later
than 30 days after the beginning of the term prescribed in the commission,
every person appointed a notary public shall file an official bond and an
oath of office in the office of the county clerk of the county within which the
person maintains a principal place of business as shown in the application
submitted to the Secretary of State, and the commission shall not take effect
unless this is done within the 30-day period.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT --- correct answer ---A formal declaration before an
authorized official (a notary public) by a person signing an instrument that
such execution is his or her free act and deed.
ADMINISTER --- correct answer ---To discharge the duties of an office; to
give (as in the giving of an oath).
AFFIDAVIT --- correct answer ---A written statement of facts made
voluntarily and confirmed by the oath or affirmation of the party making it
before an officer authorized to administer oaths, i.e., a notary public.
COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ALREADY
GRADED A+ BRAND NEW!! 2025
8204. Term of office --- correct answer ---The term of office of a notary
public is for four years commencing with the date specified in the
commission.
The seal requirements --- correct answer ---The seal may be circular not
over two inches in diameter, or may be a rectangular form of not more than
one inch in width by two and one-half inches in length, with a serrated or
milled edged border, and shall contain the information required by this
section.
Government Code
8207.1. Identification number --- correct answer ---The Secretary of State
shall assign a sequential identification number to each notary which shall
appear on the notary commission.
8207.2. Manufacture, duplication, and sale of seal or stamp; procedures and
guidelines for issuance of seals; certificate of authorization --- correct
,answer ---No notary seal or press stamp shall be manufactured, duplicated,
sold, or offered for sale unless authorized by the Secretary of State.
GC 8207.3. Certificates of authorization; authorization to provide seal; lost,
misplaced, damaged or otherwise unworkable seal --- correct answer ---The
Secretary of State shall issue certificates of authorization with which a
notary public can obtain an official notary seal.
GC 8207.3 Any notary whose official seal is lost, misplaced, destroyed,
broken, damaged, or is rendered otherwise unworkable shall immediately
mail or deliver written notice of that fact to the Secretary of State. ---
correct answer ---The Secretary of State, within five working days after
receipt of the notice, if requested by a notary, shall issue a certificate of
authorization which a notary may use to obtain a replacement seal.
Government Code
8207.4. Violations; penalties --- correct answer ---Any person who willfully
violates any part of Section 8207.1, 8207.2, 8207.3, or 8207.4 shall be
subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars
($1,500) for each violation
Government Code
, 8212. Bond; amount; form --- correct answer ---Every person appointed a
notary public shall execute an official bond in the sum of fifteen thousand
dollars ($15,000). The bond shall be in the form of a bond executed by an
admitted surety insurer and not a deposit in lieu of bond.
GC 8213. Bonds and oaths; filing; certificate; copy of oath as evidence;
transfer to new county; name changes; fees --- correct answer ---No later
than 30 days after the beginning of the term prescribed in the commission,
every person appointed a notary public shall file an official bond and an
oath of office in the office of the county clerk of the county within which the
person maintains a principal place of business as shown in the application
submitted to the Secretary of State, and the commission shall not take effect
unless this is done within the 30-day period.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT --- correct answer ---A formal declaration before an
authorized official (a notary public) by a person signing an instrument that
such execution is his or her free act and deed.
ADMINISTER --- correct answer ---To discharge the duties of an office; to
give (as in the giving of an oath).
AFFIDAVIT --- correct answer ---A written statement of facts made
voluntarily and confirmed by the oath or affirmation of the party making it
before an officer authorized to administer oaths, i.e., a notary public.
