INDIANA NOTARY PUBLIC REVIEW SHEET
LATEST QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ T/F - A notary public is not a public officer.
Answer: False - A notary public IS a public officer and must not act
without having taken and duly filed the required oath of office
⩥ A person who acts as a notary without having taken and duly filed the
required oath of office is guilty of a ________.
Answer: Misdemeanor
⩥ T/F - A public officer cannot charge a fee, except where a fee or other
compensation is expressly allowed by law.
Answer: True
⩥ T/F - A public officer cannot receive a fee in advance of rendering the
service.
Answer: False - A public officer CAN receive a fee in advance IF the
law allows. Also, cannot charge a fee unless the service was actually
rendered by him
,⩥ T/F - An officer who violates the fee provisions is liable for treble
damages to the person aggrieved.
Answer: True
⩥ The maximum term of an indeterminate sentence shall be at least
______ years.
Answer: 3 year
⩥ For a class ______ felony, the term shall be fixed by the court and
shall not exceed 7 years.
Answer: D
⩥ Issuing a false certificate is a call ____ felony.
Answer: E
⩥ T/F - Official misconduct includes willfully committing an act
relating to one's office constituting an unauthorized exercise of official
function.
Answer: True
⩥ T/F - An officer before whom an oath or affidavit may be taken is
bound to administer the same when required.
Answer: True
, ⩥ A person is guilty of perjury if under oath or _____ he has given false
testimony.
Answer: Affirmation
⩥ An _______ is a formal declaration before an authorized officer by a
person who has executed an instrument that such execution is his act and
deed.
Answer: Acknowledgment
⩥ T/F - It is not essential that the person who executed the instrument
sign his name in the presence of the notary.
Answer: True
⩥ A notary who takes an acknowledgment over the telephone is guilty of
a _______.
Answer: Misdemeanor
⩥ Unless the person who makes the acknowledgment appears in front of
the notary, the notary's certificate that he so came is _________.
Answer: Fraudulent
⩥ Making a false certificate is forgery in the ______ degree.
Answer: Second
LATEST QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ T/F - A notary public is not a public officer.
Answer: False - A notary public IS a public officer and must not act
without having taken and duly filed the required oath of office
⩥ A person who acts as a notary without having taken and duly filed the
required oath of office is guilty of a ________.
Answer: Misdemeanor
⩥ T/F - A public officer cannot charge a fee, except where a fee or other
compensation is expressly allowed by law.
Answer: True
⩥ T/F - A public officer cannot receive a fee in advance of rendering the
service.
Answer: False - A public officer CAN receive a fee in advance IF the
law allows. Also, cannot charge a fee unless the service was actually
rendered by him
,⩥ T/F - An officer who violates the fee provisions is liable for treble
damages to the person aggrieved.
Answer: True
⩥ The maximum term of an indeterminate sentence shall be at least
______ years.
Answer: 3 year
⩥ For a class ______ felony, the term shall be fixed by the court and
shall not exceed 7 years.
Answer: D
⩥ Issuing a false certificate is a call ____ felony.
Answer: E
⩥ T/F - Official misconduct includes willfully committing an act
relating to one's office constituting an unauthorized exercise of official
function.
Answer: True
⩥ T/F - An officer before whom an oath or affidavit may be taken is
bound to administer the same when required.
Answer: True
, ⩥ A person is guilty of perjury if under oath or _____ he has given false
testimony.
Answer: Affirmation
⩥ An _______ is a formal declaration before an authorized officer by a
person who has executed an instrument that such execution is his act and
deed.
Answer: Acknowledgment
⩥ T/F - It is not essential that the person who executed the instrument
sign his name in the presence of the notary.
Answer: True
⩥ A notary who takes an acknowledgment over the telephone is guilty of
a _______.
Answer: Misdemeanor
⩥ Unless the person who makes the acknowledgment appears in front of
the notary, the notary's certificate that he so came is _________.
Answer: Fraudulent
⩥ Making a false certificate is forgery in the ______ degree.
Answer: Second
