CALIFORNIA NOTARY UPDATED TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔
✔✔A military notary - ✔✔charges no fees
✔✔A person who is not commissioned and holds herself out as a notary is: - ✔✔guilty
of a misdemeanor
✔✔An employer of a Notary can: - ✔✔Copy Journal entries of business generated
documents in front of the notary
✔✔A notary must respond to a request for a transaction within _____ days - ✔✔15
✔✔The notary or security bond protects the: - ✔✔public
✔✔The only documents that do not require a seal are: - ✔✔subdivision maps
✔✔the county named in the Venue is where: - ✔✔the signer personally appeared
✔✔If a person has no right thumb and a thumbprint is needed: - ✔✔use any finger
make a note of this problem
You use the left thumb
✔✔If asked to notarize an incomplete document, a notary should: - ✔✔Refuse
✔✔A notary seal must - ✔✔Be photographically reproducible and contain an expiration
date
Contain the state seal and words "notary public"
Have a serrated or milled edge border
✔✔The most frequently completed form is: - ✔✔The acknowledgement
, ✔✔Linda Martinez, a law student, is starting a business as an immigration consultant.
She may not advertise: - ✔✔that she is a notary public
✔✔Which items must always be put in the journal: - ✔✔Date, time, type of document,
fees
✔✔Some of the elements of a seal are: - ✔✔State seal and notary's name
expiration date of commission and county where oath is on file
Sequential ID # of manufacturer and notary's sequential commission #
✔✔A notary may not advertise - ✔✔the Spanish terms notario publico or notario
✔✔The main purpose of a credible identifying witness is to: - ✔✔Identify a signer
✔✔Why are two witnesses for a signature by mark necessary - ✔✔to view the making
or the acknowledging of the mark
✔✔You are notarizing a document for a personal friend. Which of the following must be
included in your journal? - ✔✔Signer's DL #
Type of document
notary fee
✔✔A written request for a photocopy of a journal entry must contain: - ✔✔Type of
document, month and year of notarization, and names of parties
✔✔A right thumbprint is not required in the Notary journal for a: - ✔✔deed of
reconveyance
✔✔If a private employer and an employee enter into an agreement - ✔✔Notary actions
can be limited to business transactions
✔✔An expired CA DL was issued 52 months before presentation to you: - ✔✔it is
acceptable as ID
✔✔Notaries may not certify a copy of a - ✔✔Journal entry requested by a member of
the public
✔✔When a notary changes a business address to a new county within CA - ✔✔The
notary must notify the Secretary of State of the address change
✔✔A proof of execution may be performed on a - ✔✔Deed of Reconveyance
✔✔A notary who does not deliver papers to a county clerk after they allow a
commission to expire is: - ✔✔guilty of a misdemeanor
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔
✔✔A military notary - ✔✔charges no fees
✔✔A person who is not commissioned and holds herself out as a notary is: - ✔✔guilty
of a misdemeanor
✔✔An employer of a Notary can: - ✔✔Copy Journal entries of business generated
documents in front of the notary
✔✔A notary must respond to a request for a transaction within _____ days - ✔✔15
✔✔The notary or security bond protects the: - ✔✔public
✔✔The only documents that do not require a seal are: - ✔✔subdivision maps
✔✔the county named in the Venue is where: - ✔✔the signer personally appeared
✔✔If a person has no right thumb and a thumbprint is needed: - ✔✔use any finger
make a note of this problem
You use the left thumb
✔✔If asked to notarize an incomplete document, a notary should: - ✔✔Refuse
✔✔A notary seal must - ✔✔Be photographically reproducible and contain an expiration
date
Contain the state seal and words "notary public"
Have a serrated or milled edge border
✔✔The most frequently completed form is: - ✔✔The acknowledgement
, ✔✔Linda Martinez, a law student, is starting a business as an immigration consultant.
She may not advertise: - ✔✔that she is a notary public
✔✔Which items must always be put in the journal: - ✔✔Date, time, type of document,
fees
✔✔Some of the elements of a seal are: - ✔✔State seal and notary's name
expiration date of commission and county where oath is on file
Sequential ID # of manufacturer and notary's sequential commission #
✔✔A notary may not advertise - ✔✔the Spanish terms notario publico or notario
✔✔The main purpose of a credible identifying witness is to: - ✔✔Identify a signer
✔✔Why are two witnesses for a signature by mark necessary - ✔✔to view the making
or the acknowledging of the mark
✔✔You are notarizing a document for a personal friend. Which of the following must be
included in your journal? - ✔✔Signer's DL #
Type of document
notary fee
✔✔A written request for a photocopy of a journal entry must contain: - ✔✔Type of
document, month and year of notarization, and names of parties
✔✔A right thumbprint is not required in the Notary journal for a: - ✔✔deed of
reconveyance
✔✔If a private employer and an employee enter into an agreement - ✔✔Notary actions
can be limited to business transactions
✔✔An expired CA DL was issued 52 months before presentation to you: - ✔✔it is
acceptable as ID
✔✔Notaries may not certify a copy of a - ✔✔Journal entry requested by a member of
the public
✔✔When a notary changes a business address to a new county within CA - ✔✔The
notary must notify the Secretary of State of the address change
✔✔A proof of execution may be performed on a - ✔✔Deed of Reconveyance
✔✔A notary who does not deliver papers to a county clerk after they allow a
commission to expire is: - ✔✔guilty of a misdemeanor
