INDIANA NOTARY PUBLIC FINAL PAPER
2026 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS AND RATIONALES
⩥ Who is allowed to select the notarial wording ? Answer: The
document signer
⩥ When accepting an ID card from another state, the ID card must have
the following: Answer: signature, identifying number, physical
description, photograph
⩥ A Notary stamps their official seal on a friend's birthday card, what is
the maximum fine they can be charged for this violation? Answer: $750
⩥ Who is not allowed to assist someone with immigration forms?
Answer: California Secretary of State Commissioned Notary Public
⩥ At the end of a four year Notary commission what should be done
with the official Notary seal, if the Notary plans on renewing? Answer:
Destroy the seal
⩥ A Notary's commission expires but a friend needs loan documents
notarized. If the former Notary notarized home loan refinance
, documents without informing his friend that his commission expired, the
former Notary would be guilty of: Answer: A felony
⩥ You must be notarizing with a jurat certificate when you see the
phrase Answer: Subscribed and sworn to
⩥ One credible witness is used because a document signer: Answer:
Doesn't have a credible ID
⩥ At what point does a Notary applicant become a commissioned
Notary Public? Answer: When they file their oath and bond with the
county clerk
⩥ Every person who makes a false sworn statement to a Notary Public,
with knowledge that the statement is false, to induce the Notary Public
to perform an improper notarial act on an instrument or document
affecting title to, or placing an encumbrance on, real property consisting
of a single-family residence containing not more than four dwelling
units is guilty of a _________. Answer: Felony
⩥ If there is no room to place a Notary seal directly on the document, a
Notary must: Answer: Affix the seal on a loose certificate
2026 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS AND RATIONALES
⩥ Who is allowed to select the notarial wording ? Answer: The
document signer
⩥ When accepting an ID card from another state, the ID card must have
the following: Answer: signature, identifying number, physical
description, photograph
⩥ A Notary stamps their official seal on a friend's birthday card, what is
the maximum fine they can be charged for this violation? Answer: $750
⩥ Who is not allowed to assist someone with immigration forms?
Answer: California Secretary of State Commissioned Notary Public
⩥ At the end of a four year Notary commission what should be done
with the official Notary seal, if the Notary plans on renewing? Answer:
Destroy the seal
⩥ A Notary's commission expires but a friend needs loan documents
notarized. If the former Notary notarized home loan refinance
, documents without informing his friend that his commission expired, the
former Notary would be guilty of: Answer: A felony
⩥ You must be notarizing with a jurat certificate when you see the
phrase Answer: Subscribed and sworn to
⩥ One credible witness is used because a document signer: Answer:
Doesn't have a credible ID
⩥ At what point does a Notary applicant become a commissioned
Notary Public? Answer: When they file their oath and bond with the
county clerk
⩥ Every person who makes a false sworn statement to a Notary Public,
with knowledge that the statement is false, to induce the Notary Public
to perform an improper notarial act on an instrument or document
affecting title to, or placing an encumbrance on, real property consisting
of a single-family residence containing not more than four dwelling
units is guilty of a _________. Answer: Felony
⩥ If there is no room to place a Notary seal directly on the document, a
Notary must: Answer: Affix the seal on a loose certificate
