OHIO NOTARY EXAM questions and answers
2026\2027 A+ Grade
LIST THE 4 POWERS OF A NOTARY
- correct answer ADMINISTER OATHS; TAKE & CERTIFY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; TAKE & CERTIFY
DEPOSITIONS; & RECEIVE, MAKE & RECORD NOTARIAL PROTESTS
WHAT IS THE TERM OF A NOTARY?
- correct answer 5 YEARS
WHERE DO NOTARIES GET SWORN IN & WHAT IS THE CLERK FEE?
- correct answer CLERK OF COURTS / $5.00
STATUTE FOR PENALTY OF NOTARY ACT AFTER EXPIRED COMMISSION
- correct answer 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
- correct answer 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.
2026\2027 A+ Grade
LIST THE 4 POWERS OF A NOTARY
- correct answer ADMINISTER OATHS; TAKE & CERTIFY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; TAKE & CERTIFY
DEPOSITIONS; & RECEIVE, MAKE & RECORD NOTARIAL PROTESTS
WHAT IS THE TERM OF A NOTARY?
- correct answer 5 YEARS
WHERE DO NOTARIES GET SWORN IN & WHAT IS THE CLERK FEE?
- correct answer CLERK OF COURTS / $5.00
STATUTE FOR PENALTY OF NOTARY ACT AFTER EXPIRED COMMISSION
- correct answer 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
- correct answer 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.
