PENNSYLVANIA NOTARY PUBLIC
EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST
UPDATE .
, 1. Minimum Age for becoming a Notary in PA ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER 18 years of age ( Sec 321 a 1)
2. Maximum time requirement for the bond, oath of office and commission to be recorded in the office of recorder of deeds
of the county in which the Notary maintains an office ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER 45 Days
3. Under RULONA and applicant for a commission to obtain a surety bond from an insurance company licensed in PA in the
order of the amount ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER $10,000
4. RULONDA requires a surety company or issuing entity of the bond to give notice to the Department of State before
cancelling he bond withing ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER 30 Days
5. The Notary Public's official stamp must contain all of the following (within the border) except ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER the
notary's physical address
6. The department of state may impose an administrative penalty on a Notary for each act or omission which constitutes a
violation of Chapter 3 or on any person who performs a notarial act without being properly appointed and commissioned as
a Notary up to ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER $1000
7. A Notary's personal representative or guardian or any other person know-ingly in possession of the journal upon the death
of or the adjudication of incompetency of the Notary to delivery the journal tot he recorder of deeds in the county in which
the Notary has maintained an office withing ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER 30 Days
8. Upon expiration of commission, or resignation of commission, or revocation of commission, the notary must deliver the
journal to the recorder of Deeds in the county in which they work within ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER 30 Days
9. The Notary commission application fee for the state of PA ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER $42
10. Upon resignation or expiration, the stamping device should do all of the following EXCEPT ✓✓ CORRECT
ANSWER
- Destroying
- Defacing
- Damaging
- Surrender possession ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER Surrender possession
11. Surrendering possession of the stamping device only used at times of ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER sus-pension or revocation
12. who promulgate the rules and regulations under the Notary Act under chapter 3 Sec 327 a ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER
PA Dept of State
EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST
UPDATE .
, 1. Minimum Age for becoming a Notary in PA ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER 18 years of age ( Sec 321 a 1)
2. Maximum time requirement for the bond, oath of office and commission to be recorded in the office of recorder of deeds
of the county in which the Notary maintains an office ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER 45 Days
3. Under RULONA and applicant for a commission to obtain a surety bond from an insurance company licensed in PA in the
order of the amount ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER $10,000
4. RULONDA requires a surety company or issuing entity of the bond to give notice to the Department of State before
cancelling he bond withing ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER 30 Days
5. The Notary Public's official stamp must contain all of the following (within the border) except ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER the
notary's physical address
6. The department of state may impose an administrative penalty on a Notary for each act or omission which constitutes a
violation of Chapter 3 or on any person who performs a notarial act without being properly appointed and commissioned as
a Notary up to ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER $1000
7. A Notary's personal representative or guardian or any other person know-ingly in possession of the journal upon the death
of or the adjudication of incompetency of the Notary to delivery the journal tot he recorder of deeds in the county in which
the Notary has maintained an office withing ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER 30 Days
8. Upon expiration of commission, or resignation of commission, or revocation of commission, the notary must deliver the
journal to the recorder of Deeds in the county in which they work within ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER 30 Days
9. The Notary commission application fee for the state of PA ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER $42
10. Upon resignation or expiration, the stamping device should do all of the following EXCEPT ✓✓ CORRECT
ANSWER
- Destroying
- Defacing
- Damaging
- Surrender possession ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER Surrender possession
11. Surrendering possession of the stamping device only used at times of ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER sus-pension or revocation
12. who promulgate the rules and regulations under the Notary Act under chapter 3 Sec 327 a ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER
PA Dept of State
