Ohio Notary Updated Actual Exam
Question and Answer (2026/2027) |
• WHAT IS THE TERM OF A NOTARY? -✓✓ 5 YEARS
• WHERE DO NOTARIES GET SWORN IN & WHAT IS THE CLERK FEE? -
✓✓ CLERK OF COURTS / $5.00
• STATUTE FOR PENALTY OF NOTARY ACT AFTER EXPIRED
COMMISSION -✓✓ 147.10 Notary public acting after commission expires.
No notary public shall do or perform any act as a notary public knowing that the
notary public's term of office has expired or that the notary public has resigned the
notary public's commission.
147.11 Forfeiture.
A person appointed notary public who performs any act as such after the expiration
of the person's term of office or after the person resigns the person's commission,
knowing that the person's term has expired or that the person has resigned, shall
forfeit not more than five hundred dollars, to be recovered by an action in the name
of the state. Such act shall render the person ineligible for reappointment.
147.99 Penalty.
(A) Whoever violates section 147.10 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more
than five hundred dollars.
(B) Whoever violates section 147.14 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more
than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.
• DEFINITION OF OATH -✓✓ A DECLARATION BY A PERSON BEFORE
AN OFFICER AUTHORIZED TO TAKE OATHS, SUCH AS A NOTARY
PUBLIC, THAT WHAT THE PERSON HAS SAID OR IS ABOUT TO SAY, IS
TRUE.
• WHAT IS THE MOST A NOTARY CAN CHARGE? -✓✓ $1.50 PER
SIGNATURE
• WHERE DOES THE NOTARY ORIGINATE? -✓✓ SECRETARY OF STATE
Question and Answer (2026/2027) |
• WHAT IS THE TERM OF A NOTARY? -✓✓ 5 YEARS
• WHERE DO NOTARIES GET SWORN IN & WHAT IS THE CLERK FEE? -
✓✓ CLERK OF COURTS / $5.00
• STATUTE FOR PENALTY OF NOTARY ACT AFTER EXPIRED
COMMISSION -✓✓ 147.10 Notary public acting after commission expires.
No notary public shall do or perform any act as a notary public knowing that the
notary public's term of office has expired or that the notary public has resigned the
notary public's commission.
147.11 Forfeiture.
A person appointed notary public who performs any act as such after the expiration
of the person's term of office or after the person resigns the person's commission,
knowing that the person's term has expired or that the person has resigned, shall
forfeit not more than five hundred dollars, to be recovered by an action in the name
of the state. Such act shall render the person ineligible for reappointment.
147.99 Penalty.
(A) Whoever violates section 147.10 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more
than five hundred dollars.
(B) Whoever violates section 147.14 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more
than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.
• DEFINITION OF OATH -✓✓ A DECLARATION BY A PERSON BEFORE
AN OFFICER AUTHORIZED TO TAKE OATHS, SUCH AS A NOTARY
PUBLIC, THAT WHAT THE PERSON HAS SAID OR IS ABOUT TO SAY, IS
TRUE.
• WHAT IS THE MOST A NOTARY CAN CHARGE? -✓✓ $1.50 PER
SIGNATURE
• WHERE DOES THE NOTARY ORIGINATE? -✓✓ SECRETARY OF STATE
