CALIFORNIA NOTARY EXAM
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR JUST
RELEASED
Question 1: A notary public is______ if the notary public willfully
fails to properly maintain his or her notarial journal.
Answer:
guilty of a misdemeanor
Question 2: Must be recorded
Answer:
The date and time the notary public performed the notarial service. The type of
notarial act performed. The character of every instrument sworn, affirmed,
acknowledged, or proved before the notary public. The signature of each
person whose signature is being notarized.A statement as to whether the
identity of the person making an acknowledgment or taking an oath or
affirmation was based on satisfactory evidence
Question 3: "character of every instrument"
Answer:
the kind or type of document on which the signature is being notarized
Question 4: If the notary public accepted an identification
document as listed in California Civil Code sections 1185(b)(3) and
(b)(4) to meet the requirements of "satisfactory evidence,"
Answer:
, hen the notary public must record the type of identification document, the
governmental agency that issued the identification, the serial or identifying
number on the identification document, and the date the identification
document was issued or expires.
Question 5: If the "satisfactory evidence" is based on the oath or
affirmation of a single credible witness,
Answer:
then the journal must contain the signature of the credible witness or the type
of identification document presented by the credible witness, the governmental
agency that issued the identification, the serial or identifying number on the
identification document, and the date the identification document was issued
or expires.
Question 6: If the "satisfactory evidence" is based on the oath or
affirmation of two credible witnesses,
Answer:
then the journal must contain the signatures of each of the credible witnesses
and the type of identifying documents presented by each of the credible
witnesses, the governmental agency that issued each identification document,
the serial number or other number on each identification document, and the
date of issue or expiration of each identification document.
Question 7: If there are additional charges for travel or other
services,
Answer:
hose additional charges may be itemized in the "additional information" or
"comments" column to distinguish those types of fees from notarial act fees.
, Question 8: If the document with the notarized signature is a deed,
quitclaim deed, deed of trust, or other document affecting real
property, or a power of attorney
Answer:
the notary public must require the party signing the document to place his or
her right thumbprint in the journal as part of the line item entry for the
transaction. If the right thumbprint is not available, then the notary public must
have the party use his or her left thumbprint, or any available finger and must
record the left thumbprint or which other fingerprint is captured in the journal. If
the party signing the document is physically unable to provide a thumbprint or
fingerprint, the notary public must record that fact in the journal and must
provide an explanation of the physical condition of the person. The thumbprint
is not required for trustee's deeds for a decree of foreclosure or a nonjudicial
foreclosure, or a deed of reconveyance.
Question 9: Acknowledgement
Answer:
An acknowledgment is the notarial certificate attached to a document when
the notary public confirms the identity of the signer and the signer
acknowledges being the signer of the document.
Question 10: Wording for acknowledgement
Answer:
"whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me
that he executed the same. . .." A certificate of acknowledgment often will be
found at the end of a document.
Question 11: By completing a certificate of acknowledgment, the
notary public is certifying under penalty of perjury:
Answer:
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR JUST
RELEASED
Question 1: A notary public is______ if the notary public willfully
fails to properly maintain his or her notarial journal.
Answer:
guilty of a misdemeanor
Question 2: Must be recorded
Answer:
The date and time the notary public performed the notarial service. The type of
notarial act performed. The character of every instrument sworn, affirmed,
acknowledged, or proved before the notary public. The signature of each
person whose signature is being notarized.A statement as to whether the
identity of the person making an acknowledgment or taking an oath or
affirmation was based on satisfactory evidence
Question 3: "character of every instrument"
Answer:
the kind or type of document on which the signature is being notarized
Question 4: If the notary public accepted an identification
document as listed in California Civil Code sections 1185(b)(3) and
(b)(4) to meet the requirements of "satisfactory evidence,"
Answer:
, hen the notary public must record the type of identification document, the
governmental agency that issued the identification, the serial or identifying
number on the identification document, and the date the identification
document was issued or expires.
Question 5: If the "satisfactory evidence" is based on the oath or
affirmation of a single credible witness,
Answer:
then the journal must contain the signature of the credible witness or the type
of identification document presented by the credible witness, the governmental
agency that issued the identification, the serial or identifying number on the
identification document, and the date the identification document was issued
or expires.
Question 6: If the "satisfactory evidence" is based on the oath or
affirmation of two credible witnesses,
Answer:
then the journal must contain the signatures of each of the credible witnesses
and the type of identifying documents presented by each of the credible
witnesses, the governmental agency that issued each identification document,
the serial number or other number on each identification document, and the
date of issue or expiration of each identification document.
Question 7: If there are additional charges for travel or other
services,
Answer:
hose additional charges may be itemized in the "additional information" or
"comments" column to distinguish those types of fees from notarial act fees.
, Question 8: If the document with the notarized signature is a deed,
quitclaim deed, deed of trust, or other document affecting real
property, or a power of attorney
Answer:
the notary public must require the party signing the document to place his or
her right thumbprint in the journal as part of the line item entry for the
transaction. If the right thumbprint is not available, then the notary public must
have the party use his or her left thumbprint, or any available finger and must
record the left thumbprint or which other fingerprint is captured in the journal. If
the party signing the document is physically unable to provide a thumbprint or
fingerprint, the notary public must record that fact in the journal and must
provide an explanation of the physical condition of the person. The thumbprint
is not required for trustee's deeds for a decree of foreclosure or a nonjudicial
foreclosure, or a deed of reconveyance.
Question 9: Acknowledgement
Answer:
An acknowledgment is the notarial certificate attached to a document when
the notary public confirms the identity of the signer and the signer
acknowledges being the signer of the document.
Question 10: Wording for acknowledgement
Answer:
"whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me
that he executed the same. . .." A certificate of acknowledgment often will be
found at the end of a document.
Question 11: By completing a certificate of acknowledgment, the
notary public is certifying under penalty of perjury:
Answer:
