CALIFORNIA NOTARY 2026 REVIEW QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔An ID needs the holder's - ✔✔picture
signature
physical description
✔✔When taking an oath - ✔✔raising right hand is not required
✔✔Notaries must - ✔✔keep their stamp and journal under their direct control
✔✔When you resign a commission, you delver all your papers to: - ✔✔county clerk
where your current oath is on file
✔✔If you fail to file the oath and bond on time - ✔✔your commission is void
you must pay $20 to reapply
you must complete a new application
✔✔a notary seeking reappointment must retake the notary exam - ✔✔every 4 years
✔✔the fine for willful failure to notify the Secretary of State of an address or name
change is: - ✔✔$500
✔✔Notaries can withhold services: - ✔✔When their employer limits services to
transactions related to the employer's services
When a document is incomplete
When they believe someone doesn't understand what they're signing
✔✔Signers of what documents must leave a right thumbprint? - ✔✔Power of Attorney
and Trust Deed for Real Estate
✔✔A notary is obligated to: - ✔✔Reimburse a surety company for bond funds paid out
, ✔✔An affirmation is: - ✔✔legal equivalent of an oath but has no referral to a Supreme
Being
✔✔A non-attorney notary (qualified & bonded as an immigration consultant) may charge
up to $10 for: - ✔✔Completing a person's immigration application
Oaths and affirmation
Per signature on a Jurat
✔✔A notary may not notarize: - ✔✔when they are a mortgagor in a transaction
"if you are an 'or' or an 'ee' you cannot be the notary"
✔✔For a first time applicant to get a commission, they - ✔✔Must pass the exam
Be fingerprinted
Be at least 18 years of age
✔✔A certificate of authorization may be gotten: - ✔✔From the Secretary of State
✔✔Satisfactory evidence of identity means relying on either: - ✔✔ID Cards
Credible identifying witnesses
✔✔A California Notary may - ✔✔Take depositions and affiddavits
✔✔An oath is: - ✔✔An affirmation, a solemn spoken pledge
✔✔A certified copy certifies that the reproduction - ✔✔is accurate
✔✔Influencing a notary to perform improperly is a - ✔✔Misdemeanor
✔✔Notaries shall not perform notary actions if they are: - ✔✔Named as a principal in a
financial transaction
✔✔Which of the following is signed in the presence of the notary: - ✔✔Jurat
✔✔An acknowledgement certifies that under penalty of perjury - ✔✔Signer's identity
was satisfactorily proven to notary
The signor admits that they signed the document
The signer appeared before the notary
✔✔A man inherits a property in Alabama with his sister and they must send an affidavit
to the court. He can have a friend notarize his signature and: - ✔✔He can't do either
notarization
✔✔Notaries obtain their seals from the - ✔✔Secretary of State
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔An ID needs the holder's - ✔✔picture
signature
physical description
✔✔When taking an oath - ✔✔raising right hand is not required
✔✔Notaries must - ✔✔keep their stamp and journal under their direct control
✔✔When you resign a commission, you delver all your papers to: - ✔✔county clerk
where your current oath is on file
✔✔If you fail to file the oath and bond on time - ✔✔your commission is void
you must pay $20 to reapply
you must complete a new application
✔✔a notary seeking reappointment must retake the notary exam - ✔✔every 4 years
✔✔the fine for willful failure to notify the Secretary of State of an address or name
change is: - ✔✔$500
✔✔Notaries can withhold services: - ✔✔When their employer limits services to
transactions related to the employer's services
When a document is incomplete
When they believe someone doesn't understand what they're signing
✔✔Signers of what documents must leave a right thumbprint? - ✔✔Power of Attorney
and Trust Deed for Real Estate
✔✔A notary is obligated to: - ✔✔Reimburse a surety company for bond funds paid out
, ✔✔An affirmation is: - ✔✔legal equivalent of an oath but has no referral to a Supreme
Being
✔✔A non-attorney notary (qualified & bonded as an immigration consultant) may charge
up to $10 for: - ✔✔Completing a person's immigration application
Oaths and affirmation
Per signature on a Jurat
✔✔A notary may not notarize: - ✔✔when they are a mortgagor in a transaction
"if you are an 'or' or an 'ee' you cannot be the notary"
✔✔For a first time applicant to get a commission, they - ✔✔Must pass the exam
Be fingerprinted
Be at least 18 years of age
✔✔A certificate of authorization may be gotten: - ✔✔From the Secretary of State
✔✔Satisfactory evidence of identity means relying on either: - ✔✔ID Cards
Credible identifying witnesses
✔✔A California Notary may - ✔✔Take depositions and affiddavits
✔✔An oath is: - ✔✔An affirmation, a solemn spoken pledge
✔✔A certified copy certifies that the reproduction - ✔✔is accurate
✔✔Influencing a notary to perform improperly is a - ✔✔Misdemeanor
✔✔Notaries shall not perform notary actions if they are: - ✔✔Named as a principal in a
financial transaction
✔✔Which of the following is signed in the presence of the notary: - ✔✔Jurat
✔✔An acknowledgement certifies that under penalty of perjury - ✔✔Signer's identity
was satisfactorily proven to notary
The signor admits that they signed the document
The signer appeared before the notary
✔✔A man inherits a property in Alabama with his sister and they must send an affidavit
to the court. He can have a friend notarize his signature and: - ✔✔He can't do either
notarization
✔✔Notaries obtain their seals from the - ✔✔Secretary of State
