HAWAII NOTARY EXAM STUDY GUIDE
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1. Notary Public - ANSWER ✔ A public officer whose functions include:
administering oaths, witnessing signing of documents, attesting to identity of
signers, noting protests and taking acknowledgements.
2. Hawaii Notary - ANSWER ✔ Hawaii Resident, 18 years of age, U.S.
Citizen
3. Appointment and Tenure - ANSWER ✔ Appointed/Commissioned by
Attorney General for a term of 4 years.
4. Official Oath - ANSWER ✔ Hawaii Notary is required to take and
subscribe an oath for the faithful execution of his/her duties.
5. Seal - ANSWER ✔ Must be round, not more than 2.5 inches diameter.
Must have an uneven border and have the notary name, commission number,
state of Hawaii and the words Notary Public.
6. Official Signature - ANSWER ✔ Signed Name, Printed Name, Expiration
date of Commission.
7. Commission - ANSWER ✔ Must file copy of commission, impression of
seal and official signature with county clerk of your jurisdiction.
8. Authentication - ANSWER ✔ County clerk verifying notary commission
on file.
,9. Bond - ANSWER ✔ 1,000 surety bond required. Filed and approved by
circuit court judge.
10.Record Book - ANSWER ✔ Type, time date of act. Title or type, date of
doc. or proceeding. Signature, printed name and address of each signer and
witness. Other parties to instrument and manner in which signer was
identified.
11.Government Notary - ANSWER ✔ Serves in matters pertaining to gov. No
fees or bond.
12.Duties of Hawaii Notary - ANSWER ✔ Taking acknowledgments,
administering oaths, affirmations or affidavits, taking depositions, noting
protests.
13.What is the term of Commission - ANSWER ✔ 4 years from the date of
the commission unless attorney general removes notary public for cause
after the opportunity for hearing
14.What changes are required to report to the attorney general? - ANSWER ✔
Commission
Occupation
Residence
Employment
15.What does a notary public do? - ANSWER ✔ CWANTT
1. Certifying or attesting a copy.
2. Witnessing or attesting a signature.
3. Administering an oath or affirmation.
4. Noting a protest.
5. Taking acknowledgment.
6. Taking verification upon oat or affirmation.
16.What does "Acknowledgment" mean? - ANSWER ✔ Declaration by a
person before a notary public for:
- Person signed the document for the purpose stated in the document
and did it on his/her free act and deed
, - If representative capacity, person signed the document with proper
authority & signed it as the act of the person/entity in the document
17.What does the general form of acknowledgment include? - ANSWER ✔ 1.
Venue
2. Date the notary signs
3. Statement of presence of signer (ex. "... personally appeared before me.")
4. Full name of signer - exactly the same as the document
5. Signature of signer - exactly the same as printed name
7. Statement saying person was identified (ex. "... to me known to be the
person described in and who executed the document.)
18.What is "proof of the signer's signature and identity" mean? - ANSWER ✔
Notary public must have satisfactory evidence of the person appearing and
signing/witnessing:
19.Must be through the following -
1. Personal knowledge.
2. Valid government issued ID with a picture and signature, or expired no more
than 3 years prior.
3. Verification on oath or affirmation of a credit witness personally appearing -
must also be identified by ID or personal knowledge.
20.What does "tamper-evident" mean? - ANSWER ✔ any change to an
electronic document should display evidence of the change.
21.What does "verification on oath or affirmation" mean? - ANSWER ✔ A
declaration, made by a person on oath or affirmation before a notary public,
that a statement in a document is true.
22.How to qualify as a notary public? - ANSWER ✔ Must be:
1. US citizen OR permanent resident alien seeking U.S. citizenship
2. Hawaii resident
3. At least 18 years old
23.What is the official signature? - ANSWER ✔ - Must sign name exactly
shown as the notary's seal.
- Must also add date of notary's commission expiration date.
-Print name of the notary below the signature.
, 24.What is required of the notary seal? - ANSWER ✔ - Rubber stamp
- Must only have: notary public's name, commission number, "notary
public" and "State of Hawaii"
- must be round, not more than 2 inches in diameter, and have uneven
border.
- Next to it, it needs to have: official signature, typed/printed name of
notary, and commission expiration date.
25.When and how to dispose notary seal? - ANSWER ✔ - Delivery to
attorney general's office for defacement or destruction within 90 days of:
• Resignation
• Death
• Expiration of commission without renewal
• Revocation
• Abandonment of commission
- If electronic stamp: must disable the electronic stamping by
destroying, defacing, damaging, erasing, or securing it against use so
that it is unusable; and must submit a declaration to the attorney
general that it is disabled and the date and manner it was disabled.
Must be done within 90 days
26.Filing copy of commission - ANSWER ✔ Notary public must file a literal
or photo copy of
- Commission
- impression of the tangible seal
- specimen of the person's official signature
with the clerk of the circuit court where notary public resides (and may file with
other circuit courts)
Person's electronic seal is not subject to this requirement
27.What is authentication? - ANSWER ✔ County clerk verifies notary
commission on file.
- Usually required when a document notarized by a local notary public
is sent to another state or country
- Proves to the state/country that the notary is duly commissioned
2026/2027 ACCURATE QUESTIONS WITH
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<NEWEST VERSION>
1. Notary Public - ANSWER ✔ A public officer whose functions include:
administering oaths, witnessing signing of documents, attesting to identity of
signers, noting protests and taking acknowledgements.
2. Hawaii Notary - ANSWER ✔ Hawaii Resident, 18 years of age, U.S.
Citizen
3. Appointment and Tenure - ANSWER ✔ Appointed/Commissioned by
Attorney General for a term of 4 years.
4. Official Oath - ANSWER ✔ Hawaii Notary is required to take and
subscribe an oath for the faithful execution of his/her duties.
5. Seal - ANSWER ✔ Must be round, not more than 2.5 inches diameter.
Must have an uneven border and have the notary name, commission number,
state of Hawaii and the words Notary Public.
6. Official Signature - ANSWER ✔ Signed Name, Printed Name, Expiration
date of Commission.
7. Commission - ANSWER ✔ Must file copy of commission, impression of
seal and official signature with county clerk of your jurisdiction.
8. Authentication - ANSWER ✔ County clerk verifying notary commission
on file.
,9. Bond - ANSWER ✔ 1,000 surety bond required. Filed and approved by
circuit court judge.
10.Record Book - ANSWER ✔ Type, time date of act. Title or type, date of
doc. or proceeding. Signature, printed name and address of each signer and
witness. Other parties to instrument and manner in which signer was
identified.
11.Government Notary - ANSWER ✔ Serves in matters pertaining to gov. No
fees or bond.
12.Duties of Hawaii Notary - ANSWER ✔ Taking acknowledgments,
administering oaths, affirmations or affidavits, taking depositions, noting
protests.
13.What is the term of Commission - ANSWER ✔ 4 years from the date of
the commission unless attorney general removes notary public for cause
after the opportunity for hearing
14.What changes are required to report to the attorney general? - ANSWER ✔
Commission
Occupation
Residence
Employment
15.What does a notary public do? - ANSWER ✔ CWANTT
1. Certifying or attesting a copy.
2. Witnessing or attesting a signature.
3. Administering an oath or affirmation.
4. Noting a protest.
5. Taking acknowledgment.
6. Taking verification upon oat or affirmation.
16.What does "Acknowledgment" mean? - ANSWER ✔ Declaration by a
person before a notary public for:
- Person signed the document for the purpose stated in the document
and did it on his/her free act and deed
, - If representative capacity, person signed the document with proper
authority & signed it as the act of the person/entity in the document
17.What does the general form of acknowledgment include? - ANSWER ✔ 1.
Venue
2. Date the notary signs
3. Statement of presence of signer (ex. "... personally appeared before me.")
4. Full name of signer - exactly the same as the document
5. Signature of signer - exactly the same as printed name
7. Statement saying person was identified (ex. "... to me known to be the
person described in and who executed the document.)
18.What is "proof of the signer's signature and identity" mean? - ANSWER ✔
Notary public must have satisfactory evidence of the person appearing and
signing/witnessing:
19.Must be through the following -
1. Personal knowledge.
2. Valid government issued ID with a picture and signature, or expired no more
than 3 years prior.
3. Verification on oath or affirmation of a credit witness personally appearing -
must also be identified by ID or personal knowledge.
20.What does "tamper-evident" mean? - ANSWER ✔ any change to an
electronic document should display evidence of the change.
21.What does "verification on oath or affirmation" mean? - ANSWER ✔ A
declaration, made by a person on oath or affirmation before a notary public,
that a statement in a document is true.
22.How to qualify as a notary public? - ANSWER ✔ Must be:
1. US citizen OR permanent resident alien seeking U.S. citizenship
2. Hawaii resident
3. At least 18 years old
23.What is the official signature? - ANSWER ✔ - Must sign name exactly
shown as the notary's seal.
- Must also add date of notary's commission expiration date.
-Print name of the notary below the signature.
, 24.What is required of the notary seal? - ANSWER ✔ - Rubber stamp
- Must only have: notary public's name, commission number, "notary
public" and "State of Hawaii"
- must be round, not more than 2 inches in diameter, and have uneven
border.
- Next to it, it needs to have: official signature, typed/printed name of
notary, and commission expiration date.
25.When and how to dispose notary seal? - ANSWER ✔ - Delivery to
attorney general's office for defacement or destruction within 90 days of:
• Resignation
• Death
• Expiration of commission without renewal
• Revocation
• Abandonment of commission
- If electronic stamp: must disable the electronic stamping by
destroying, defacing, damaging, erasing, or securing it against use so
that it is unusable; and must submit a declaration to the attorney
general that it is disabled and the date and manner it was disabled.
Must be done within 90 days
26.Filing copy of commission - ANSWER ✔ Notary public must file a literal
or photo copy of
- Commission
- impression of the tangible seal
- specimen of the person's official signature
with the clerk of the circuit court where notary public resides (and may file with
other circuit courts)
Person's electronic seal is not subject to this requirement
27.What is authentication? - ANSWER ✔ County clerk verifies notary
commission on file.
- Usually required when a document notarized by a local notary public
is sent to another state or country
- Proves to the state/country that the notary is duly commissioned
