OHIO NOTARY PUBLIC TEST
COMPREHENSIVE TEST BANK 2026
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ The minimum age for a person to be appointed and commissioned a
notary public is ____.
Answer: 18
⩥ 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 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.
⩥ 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.
⩥ 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
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.
⩥ T/F? The seal must consist of the coat of arms of the state within a
cercle one inch in diameter and shall be surrounded by the words "notary
public," "notarial seal," or words to that effect.
COMPREHENSIVE TEST BANK 2026
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ The minimum age for a person to be appointed and commissioned a
notary public is ____.
Answer: 18
⩥ 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 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.
⩥ 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.
⩥ 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
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.
⩥ T/F? The seal must consist of the coat of arms of the state within a
cercle one inch in diameter and shall be surrounded by the words "notary
public," "notarial seal," or words to that effect.
