2025 NYS NOTARY CORE EVALUATION QUESTION WITH
ANSWERS 2025/2026
What must a notary include with his signature? - his name, the words "Notary Public
State of New York," the name of the county in which he originally qualified, and the date
upon which his commission expires and, in addition, wherever required, a notary public
shall also include the name of any county in which his certificate of official character is
filed
May a notary who is a stockholder, director, officer or employee of a corporation
notarize for another stockholder, director, officer or employee of a corporation or
administer an oath of any other stockholder, director, officer, employee or agent of such
corporation, and may such notary public may protest for non- acceptance or non-
payment, bills of exchange, drafts, checks, notes and other negotiable instruments
owned or held for collection by such corporation? - Yes
May a notary who is a stockholder, director, officer or employee of a corporation take
the acknowledgment or proof of a written instrument by or to a corporation of which he
is a stockholder, director, officer or employee, if the notary be a party executing such
instrument, either individually or as representative of such corporation, or shall a notary
public protest any negotiable instruments owned or held for collection by such
corporation, if such notary public be individually a party to such instrument, or have a
financial interest in the subject of same? - No
What must a notary have before taking an acknowledgement? - Satisfactory evidence of
the person's identity
What is the uniform form of certificates of acknowledgement of proof? - State of New
York )
) ss.:
County of . . . . . . . )
On the . . . . . . day of . . . . . . in the year . . . . . . before me, the undersigned, personally
appeared . . . . . ., personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory
evidence to be the individual(s)
whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me
that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their capacity(ies), and that by
his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument, the
individual(s), or the person upon behalf of which the individual(s) acted,executed the
instrument.
(Signature and office of individual taking acknowledgment.)
A certificate for a proof of execution by a subscribing witness of a conveyance or other
instrument made by any person in respect to real property situate in this state, must
conform substantially with what form? - State of New York )
) ss.:
County of . . . . . . . )
, On the . . . . . . day of . . . . . . in the year . . . . . . before me, the undersigned, personally
appeared . . . . . ., the subscribing witness to the foregoing instrument, with whom I am
personally acquainted, who, being
by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he/she/they reside(s) in . . . . . . (if the place
of residence is in a city, include the street and street number, if any, thereof); that
he/she/they know(s) . . . . . . to be the individual
described in and who executed the foregoing instrument; that said subscribing witness
was present and saw said . . . . . execute the same; and
that said witness at the same time subscribed his/her/their name(s) as a witness
thereto.
(Signature and office of individual taking proof).
The certificate of an acknowledgment, without this State, of a conveyance or other
instrument with respect to real property situate in this State, by a person, may conform
substantially what form? - State, District of Columbia, )
Territory, Possession, or ) ss.:
Foreign Country )
On the . . . . . . day of . . . . . . in the year . . . . . . before me, the undersigned, personally
appeared . . . . . ., personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory
evidence to be the individual(s)
whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me
that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their capacity(ies), and that by
his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument, the
individual(s), or the person upon behalf of which the individual(s) acted, executed the
instrument.
(Signature and office of individual taking acknowledgment.)
The certificate for a proof of execution by a subscribing witness, without this State, of a
conveyance or other instrument made by any person in respect to real property situate
in this State, may conform
substantially with what form? - State, District of Columbia, )
Territory, Possession, or ) ss.:
Foreign Country )
On the . . . . . . day of . . . . . . in the year . . . . . . before me, the undersigned, personally
appeared . . . . . ., the subscribing witness to the foregoing instrument, with whom I am
personally acquainted, who, being
by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he/she resides in . . . . . . (if the place of
residence is in a city, include the street and street number, if any,
thereof); that he/she knows . . . . . . to be the individual described in and who executed
the foregoing instrument; that said subscribing witness was
present and saw said . . . . . . execute the same; and that said witness at the same time
subscribed his/her name as a witness thereto.
(Signature and office of individual taking proof.)
What is a notary who is guilty of malfeasance or
ANSWERS 2025/2026
What must a notary include with his signature? - his name, the words "Notary Public
State of New York," the name of the county in which he originally qualified, and the date
upon which his commission expires and, in addition, wherever required, a notary public
shall also include the name of any county in which his certificate of official character is
filed
May a notary who is a stockholder, director, officer or employee of a corporation
notarize for another stockholder, director, officer or employee of a corporation or
administer an oath of any other stockholder, director, officer, employee or agent of such
corporation, and may such notary public may protest for non- acceptance or non-
payment, bills of exchange, drafts, checks, notes and other negotiable instruments
owned or held for collection by such corporation? - Yes
May a notary who is a stockholder, director, officer or employee of a corporation take
the acknowledgment or proof of a written instrument by or to a corporation of which he
is a stockholder, director, officer or employee, if the notary be a party executing such
instrument, either individually or as representative of such corporation, or shall a notary
public protest any negotiable instruments owned or held for collection by such
corporation, if such notary public be individually a party to such instrument, or have a
financial interest in the subject of same? - No
What must a notary have before taking an acknowledgement? - Satisfactory evidence of
the person's identity
What is the uniform form of certificates of acknowledgement of proof? - State of New
York )
) ss.:
County of . . . . . . . )
On the . . . . . . day of . . . . . . in the year . . . . . . before me, the undersigned, personally
appeared . . . . . ., personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory
evidence to be the individual(s)
whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me
that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their capacity(ies), and that by
his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument, the
individual(s), or the person upon behalf of which the individual(s) acted,executed the
instrument.
(Signature and office of individual taking acknowledgment.)
A certificate for a proof of execution by a subscribing witness of a conveyance or other
instrument made by any person in respect to real property situate in this state, must
conform substantially with what form? - State of New York )
) ss.:
County of . . . . . . . )
, On the . . . . . . day of . . . . . . in the year . . . . . . before me, the undersigned, personally
appeared . . . . . ., the subscribing witness to the foregoing instrument, with whom I am
personally acquainted, who, being
by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he/she/they reside(s) in . . . . . . (if the place
of residence is in a city, include the street and street number, if any, thereof); that
he/she/they know(s) . . . . . . to be the individual
described in and who executed the foregoing instrument; that said subscribing witness
was present and saw said . . . . . execute the same; and
that said witness at the same time subscribed his/her/their name(s) as a witness
thereto.
(Signature and office of individual taking proof).
The certificate of an acknowledgment, without this State, of a conveyance or other
instrument with respect to real property situate in this State, by a person, may conform
substantially what form? - State, District of Columbia, )
Territory, Possession, or ) ss.:
Foreign Country )
On the . . . . . . day of . . . . . . in the year . . . . . . before me, the undersigned, personally
appeared . . . . . ., personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory
evidence to be the individual(s)
whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me
that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their capacity(ies), and that by
his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument, the
individual(s), or the person upon behalf of which the individual(s) acted, executed the
instrument.
(Signature and office of individual taking acknowledgment.)
The certificate for a proof of execution by a subscribing witness, without this State, of a
conveyance or other instrument made by any person in respect to real property situate
in this State, may conform
substantially with what form? - State, District of Columbia, )
Territory, Possession, or ) ss.:
Foreign Country )
On the . . . . . . day of . . . . . . in the year . . . . . . before me, the undersigned, personally
appeared . . . . . ., the subscribing witness to the foregoing instrument, with whom I am
personally acquainted, who, being
by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he/she resides in . . . . . . (if the place of
residence is in a city, include the street and street number, if any,
thereof); that he/she knows . . . . . . to be the individual described in and who executed
the foregoing instrument; that said subscribing witness was
present and saw said . . . . . . execute the same; and that said witness at the same time
subscribed his/her name as a witness thereto.
(Signature and office of individual taking proof.)
What is a notary who is guilty of malfeasance or
