NYS NOTARY EXAM VERSION 1
AND 2 NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL
EXAM COMPLETE 200 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
1) If a Notary refuses to notarize an affidavit presented for
NY notary Mobile services. What is the potential maximum
jail sentence?
A. One month.
B. Three months
C. Six months.
D. One Year
D. One Year
2) The notary certificate of a witness to the execution of a
real estate conveyance is called a:
A. Qualified resident.
B. Official Character
C. Proof certificate
D. None of the above
C. Proof certificate
3) Which of the following is in the requirements to become
a Notary Public in New York?
A) Be at least 18 years old.
B) No special education or common school level
C) Be a resident and or a qualified non-resident resident
D) All the above.
D) All the above.
,4) If a Notary moves to another state but still works in
NYS he/she:
A) Will pay an additional $15 out of state fee
B) No longer is qualified
C) Must get NY driver's license
D) Still is a qualified non-resident-resident".
D) Still is a qualified non-resident-resident".
5) Which of the following are errors a notary can make
that will not make the foregoing instrument get
unrecorded?
A) If the Notary Public was purporting to be a notary but
was not licensed.
B) If the Notary Public commission was expired.
C) If a New York Notary notarizes in another state.
D) All the above.
D) All the above.
6) If your neighbor you know asks you to notarize an
affidavit you must?
A) Administer an Oath of office.
B) Administer an Oath & fill out the Jurat.
C) Require a government issued, photo identification.
D) Do a Protest for Non Payment certificate.
B) Administer an Oath & fill out the Jurat.
7) What is the name of the location where the Notary
notarizes something?
A) Protest for non-payment
B) Venue.
C) Affidavit
D) Mobile Notary
B) Venue.
8) Which of the following activities may a non-attorney
Notary perform?
A) Explain to people what they are signing.
, B) Make a certified original certificate on a government
document photocopy.
C) Contracts of marriage within NY State borders.
D) Administer an oath of office for a military officer.
D) Administer an oath of office for a military officer.
9) What is the County Clerk fee for a certificate of Official
Character?
A) $200
B) $5.00
C) $11.00
D) No charge because it's a free service to the general
public.
B) $5.00
10) Which of the following acts can be performed by a
Notary Public on Sunday?
A) Certified original certificate of government doc
photocopy.
B) Affidavit
C) Someone's signature to their own will by non-attorney
notary.
D) A contract of marriage
B) Affidavit
11) What is every instrument in writing, except a will that
transfers real estate interests?
A) Conveyance
B) Escrow
C) Vendor receipt
D) Duress
A) Conveyance
12) Latin name for the words, "Sworn to before me this
_______ day of ______".
A) Pro Se
B) The Oath.
AND 2 NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL
EXAM COMPLETE 200 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
1) If a Notary refuses to notarize an affidavit presented for
NY notary Mobile services. What is the potential maximum
jail sentence?
A. One month.
B. Three months
C. Six months.
D. One Year
D. One Year
2) The notary certificate of a witness to the execution of a
real estate conveyance is called a:
A. Qualified resident.
B. Official Character
C. Proof certificate
D. None of the above
C. Proof certificate
3) Which of the following is in the requirements to become
a Notary Public in New York?
A) Be at least 18 years old.
B) No special education or common school level
C) Be a resident and or a qualified non-resident resident
D) All the above.
D) All the above.
,4) If a Notary moves to another state but still works in
NYS he/she:
A) Will pay an additional $15 out of state fee
B) No longer is qualified
C) Must get NY driver's license
D) Still is a qualified non-resident-resident".
D) Still is a qualified non-resident-resident".
5) Which of the following are errors a notary can make
that will not make the foregoing instrument get
unrecorded?
A) If the Notary Public was purporting to be a notary but
was not licensed.
B) If the Notary Public commission was expired.
C) If a New York Notary notarizes in another state.
D) All the above.
D) All the above.
6) If your neighbor you know asks you to notarize an
affidavit you must?
A) Administer an Oath of office.
B) Administer an Oath & fill out the Jurat.
C) Require a government issued, photo identification.
D) Do a Protest for Non Payment certificate.
B) Administer an Oath & fill out the Jurat.
7) What is the name of the location where the Notary
notarizes something?
A) Protest for non-payment
B) Venue.
C) Affidavit
D) Mobile Notary
B) Venue.
8) Which of the following activities may a non-attorney
Notary perform?
A) Explain to people what they are signing.
, B) Make a certified original certificate on a government
document photocopy.
C) Contracts of marriage within NY State borders.
D) Administer an oath of office for a military officer.
D) Administer an oath of office for a military officer.
9) What is the County Clerk fee for a certificate of Official
Character?
A) $200
B) $5.00
C) $11.00
D) No charge because it's a free service to the general
public.
B) $5.00
10) Which of the following acts can be performed by a
Notary Public on Sunday?
A) Certified original certificate of government doc
photocopy.
B) Affidavit
C) Someone's signature to their own will by non-attorney
notary.
D) A contract of marriage
B) Affidavit
11) What is every instrument in writing, except a will that
transfers real estate interests?
A) Conveyance
B) Escrow
C) Vendor receipt
D) Duress
A) Conveyance
12) Latin name for the words, "Sworn to before me this
_______ day of ______".
A) Pro Se
B) The Oath.
