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Notary Test EXAM || MOST RECENT EXAM ACTUAL
COMPLETE REAL VERIFIED EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+!! NEWEST EXAM!!!
A principal executes a trustee's deed and requests a
subscribing witness present the document for notarization.
The notary personally knows a credible witness who is
used to properly identify the subscribing witness. Who
must sign the notary's journal? - Answer-The subscribing
witness.
The subcribing witness must sign the notary's journal. The
credible witness can either sign the notary's journal or
have his ID information recorded in the journal.
Sue is a notary public who works for a private employer
during the day and provides mobile notary services in the
evening. If Sue notarizes one signature and provides the
signer with a certificate of acknowledgment, which of the
following is true:
A.) Under all circumstances the notary must charge $10
per signature.
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B.) The signer must pay the required fee for the
notarization even if the fee charged is less than the
maximum fee allowed by law.
C.) The signer may be liable for damages if he is not
charged the maximum fee for notarial services allowed by
law.
D.) The notary may be liable for damages if she does not
charge the maximum fee allowed by law. - Answer-B.) The
signer must pay the required fee for the notarization even
if the fee charged is less than the maximum fee allowed by
law.
A notary working for a private employer is not required to
always charge the maximum fees allowed for notarial
services: She may charge zero if she chooses. The signer
must always pay the required fee for notarization, even if
the fee is zero, and as long as it does not exceed the
maximum notary fees allowed by law.
If the notary's journal is destroyed, the notary must: -
Answer-Immediately notify the Secretary of State and start
a new journal.
The notary must IMMEDIATELY notify the SECRETARY
OF STATE's office and start a new journal.
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If a notary public works for a private employer, the notary
may not do which of the following:
A.) Allow other employees to use the notary's journal and
seal.
B.) Provide copies of journal entries related to the
employers business.
C.) Notarize voting materials for a public election.
D.) Notarize documents in which the employer is a party to
the contract. - Answer-A.) Allow other employees to use
the notary's journal and seal.
A notary may only use his own journal and seal. A notary
may not use another notary's journal and/or seal and he
may not allow another notary (or non-notary) to use his
journal and/or seal. B, C and D are correct statements. A
notary may notarize voting materials, but he may not
charge a notary fee for doing so.
An elderly woman is selling her house to her daughter.
The daughter is a California notary public. Which of the
following statements is true:
A.) The daughter may notarize the Deed of Trust being
used in the transaction.
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B.) The daughter may act as credible witness for her
mother if her mother does not possess any acceptable
paper identification.
C.) The mother may not sell her house to her daughter
because they are related.
D.) The mother may use paper identification to prove her
identity to another notary when that notary notarizes the
mother's signature on the Deed of Trust. - Answer-D.) The
mother may use paper identification to prove her identity
to another notary when that notary notarizes the mother's
signature on the Deed of Trust.
Since the daughter has a direct financial or beneficial
interest in the transaction, she may not notarize any of the
documents related to the transaction, ie: the deed of trust,
and she may not act as a credible witness for her mother.
Which of the following items must be filed with the county
clerk's office:
A.) An application for name change.
B.) An application for change of business or residence
address.
C.) An application for appointment.
D.) A request for approval to notarize confidential
marriages. - Answer-D.) A request for approval to notarize
confidential marriages.
Notary Test EXAM || MOST RECENT EXAM ACTUAL
COMPLETE REAL VERIFIED EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+!! NEWEST EXAM!!!
A principal executes a trustee's deed and requests a
subscribing witness present the document for notarization.
The notary personally knows a credible witness who is
used to properly identify the subscribing witness. Who
must sign the notary's journal? - Answer-The subscribing
witness.
The subcribing witness must sign the notary's journal. The
credible witness can either sign the notary's journal or
have his ID information recorded in the journal.
Sue is a notary public who works for a private employer
during the day and provides mobile notary services in the
evening. If Sue notarizes one signature and provides the
signer with a certificate of acknowledgment, which of the
following is true:
A.) Under all circumstances the notary must charge $10
per signature.
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B.) The signer must pay the required fee for the
notarization even if the fee charged is less than the
maximum fee allowed by law.
C.) The signer may be liable for damages if he is not
charged the maximum fee for notarial services allowed by
law.
D.) The notary may be liable for damages if she does not
charge the maximum fee allowed by law. - Answer-B.) The
signer must pay the required fee for the notarization even
if the fee charged is less than the maximum fee allowed by
law.
A notary working for a private employer is not required to
always charge the maximum fees allowed for notarial
services: She may charge zero if she chooses. The signer
must always pay the required fee for notarization, even if
the fee is zero, and as long as it does not exceed the
maximum notary fees allowed by law.
If the notary's journal is destroyed, the notary must: -
Answer-Immediately notify the Secretary of State and start
a new journal.
The notary must IMMEDIATELY notify the SECRETARY
OF STATE's office and start a new journal.
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If a notary public works for a private employer, the notary
may not do which of the following:
A.) Allow other employees to use the notary's journal and
seal.
B.) Provide copies of journal entries related to the
employers business.
C.) Notarize voting materials for a public election.
D.) Notarize documents in which the employer is a party to
the contract. - Answer-A.) Allow other employees to use
the notary's journal and seal.
A notary may only use his own journal and seal. A notary
may not use another notary's journal and/or seal and he
may not allow another notary (or non-notary) to use his
journal and/or seal. B, C and D are correct statements. A
notary may notarize voting materials, but he may not
charge a notary fee for doing so.
An elderly woman is selling her house to her daughter.
The daughter is a California notary public. Which of the
following statements is true:
A.) The daughter may notarize the Deed of Trust being
used in the transaction.
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B.) The daughter may act as credible witness for her
mother if her mother does not possess any acceptable
paper identification.
C.) The mother may not sell her house to her daughter
because they are related.
D.) The mother may use paper identification to prove her
identity to another notary when that notary notarizes the
mother's signature on the Deed of Trust. - Answer-D.) The
mother may use paper identification to prove her identity
to another notary when that notary notarizes the mother's
signature on the Deed of Trust.
Since the daughter has a direct financial or beneficial
interest in the transaction, she may not notarize any of the
documents related to the transaction, ie: the deed of trust,
and she may not act as a credible witness for her mother.
Which of the following items must be filed with the county
clerk's office:
A.) An application for name change.
B.) An application for change of business or residence
address.
C.) An application for appointment.
D.) A request for approval to notarize confidential
marriages. - Answer-D.) A request for approval to notarize
confidential marriages.
