Ohio Notary Public Final Exam Guide 2024: Practice Test & Study Materials

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Ohio Notary Public FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE

2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT

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No judge or justice shall issue a certificate until the judge or

justice is satisfied from personal knowledge that the applicant

possess the qualifications necessary to a proper discharge of the

duties of the office or ____________. .....Answer.....Until the

applicant has passed an examination under any rules that the

judge or justice may prescribe.


Who appoints notaries public in Ohio? .....Answer.....The

Secretary of State


The minimum age for a person to be appointed and

commissioned a notary public is ____. .....Answer.....18

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If a person meets all other requirements for notary public may

the following person become a notary public? "An Ohio resident

who is not an attorney." .....Answer.....Yes


If a person meets all other requirements for notary public, may

the following person become a notary public? "An Ohio resident

who is an attorney admitted to the practice of law in Ohio."

.....Answer.....Yes


If an attorney is not an Ohio resident, but is admitted to practice

law in Ohio and has his principal place of business in Ohio, may

he be appointed and commissioned a notary public in Ohio?

.....Answer.....Yes - also if he has hos "primary practice in Ohio"


What power does the secretary of state have if he is presented

with satisfactory evidence of official misconduct or incapacity of

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a notary? .....Answer.....Power to revoke the commission of the

notary.


Before being appointed a notary public, the applicant must

provide to the secretary of state a certificate from whom?

.....Answer.....A judge of an Ohio court of common please, court

of appeals, or supreme court.


The county in which an attorney who is not a citizen of this state

and who is a notary public has the attorney's principal place of

business or the attorney's primary practice shall be deemed the

county in which the attorney ___________________.

.....Answer.....Resides


The term of office of a notary is _____ years. .....Answer.....5


A notary who violates his oath and is removed by the court of

common please in the county in which he resides is ineligible for

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appointment for how long? .....Answer.....He is never eligible for

reappointment.


Before entering upon the duties of the notary public office, a

notary must present his commission with oath endorsed thereon,

to the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county where

the notary public ____________. .....Answer.....Resides.


If a notary legally changes his name or address after being

commissioned, notary public must notify the secretary of state

and the appropriate clerk of courts within ____ days after the

change. .....Answer.....30


A notary, other than an attorney, who resigns his commission

shall deliver to the secretary of state, a written notice indicating

the effective dates of ____________________.

.....Answer.....Resignation.