NEVADA NOTARY EXAMINATION PAST PAPER
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔A certified copy is a copy of a public record signed and certified as a true copy by
the public official having the custody of the original. A notary public:
(A) has the authority to issue certified copies.
(B) may only issue certified copies with the court's permission.
(C) has no authority to issue certified copies.
(D) none of the above. - ✔✔(C)
✔✔If a person is not personally known to the notary public and does not have
satisfactory proof of identity, the notary:
(A) may acknowledge the signature of the person.
(B) may acknowledge the signature of the person only if a reputable witness is present.
(C) may charge a higher fee for acknowledgment.
(D) must refuse to acknowledge the signature of the person. - ✔✔(D)
✔✔In the case of an ________, the notary public certifies as to the identity and
execution of a document; the ________ involves the administration of an oath to the
affiant.
(A) acknowledgment, affidavit
(B) affidavit, acknowledgment - ✔✔(A)
✔✔When administering an affidavit, the notary must actually:
(A) require the affiant to take an oral oath.
(B) certify the identity and execution of a document.
(C) both A and B.
(D) neither A nor B. - ✔✔(A)
✔✔Which of the following wording is acceptable as a form in which an oath may be
lawfully administered?
(A) "Do you solemnly swear that the contents of this affidavit subscribed by you is
correct and true?"
(B) "before me came ... to me known to be the individual described in and who executed
the foregoing instrument and acknowledged that he executed the same"
(C) either A or B
(D) neither A nor B - ✔✔(A)
✔✔With reference to an oath, the notary public:
(A) need not consider whether the statement is correct or false.
(B) may not take the oath that the notary knew to be false.
(C) must take the oath even if she knows it to be false.
(D) may take the oath and attach an addendum to the document stating its falsehood. -
✔✔(B)
, ✔✔Notaries may draw which of the following kinds of legal papers?
(A) wills
(B) deeds
(C) contracts
(D) mortgages
(E) none of the above - ✔✔(E)
✔✔When a notary public asks for and gets legal business to send to a lawyer or
lawyers with whom he has any business connection or from whom he receives any
money or other consideration for sending them the business, he is:
(A) committing a serious offense
(B) acting reasonably and prudently
(C) not violating any rule or regulation
(D) permitted to do so if he has a written agreement - ✔✔(A)
✔✔A notary public who shares an office with a lawyer:
(A) may divide his fees with the lawyer.
(B) may not divide his fees with the lawyer.
(C) may accept a part of a lawyer's fee on referred legal business.
(D) none of the above. - ✔✔(B)
✔✔A notary public may recommend a friend to retain the services of a particular lawyer
if:
(A) she is paid by the lawyer for doing so.
(B) she is not paid by the lawyer for doing so.
(C) she knows the lawyer for five or more years only.
(D) none of the above. - ✔✔(B)
✔✔To whom may a notary public administer an oath?
(A) a stranger
(B) a relative
(C) a public official
(D) any of the above - ✔✔(D)
✔✔Which of the following may happen if a notary public misuses her powers as a public
official?
(A) fine
(B) imprisonment
(C) both A and B
(D) neither A nor B - ✔✔(C)
✔✔While holding the appointment as a notary public, the notary public:
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔A certified copy is a copy of a public record signed and certified as a true copy by
the public official having the custody of the original. A notary public:
(A) has the authority to issue certified copies.
(B) may only issue certified copies with the court's permission.
(C) has no authority to issue certified copies.
(D) none of the above. - ✔✔(C)
✔✔If a person is not personally known to the notary public and does not have
satisfactory proof of identity, the notary:
(A) may acknowledge the signature of the person.
(B) may acknowledge the signature of the person only if a reputable witness is present.
(C) may charge a higher fee for acknowledgment.
(D) must refuse to acknowledge the signature of the person. - ✔✔(D)
✔✔In the case of an ________, the notary public certifies as to the identity and
execution of a document; the ________ involves the administration of an oath to the
affiant.
(A) acknowledgment, affidavit
(B) affidavit, acknowledgment - ✔✔(A)
✔✔When administering an affidavit, the notary must actually:
(A) require the affiant to take an oral oath.
(B) certify the identity and execution of a document.
(C) both A and B.
(D) neither A nor B. - ✔✔(A)
✔✔Which of the following wording is acceptable as a form in which an oath may be
lawfully administered?
(A) "Do you solemnly swear that the contents of this affidavit subscribed by you is
correct and true?"
(B) "before me came ... to me known to be the individual described in and who executed
the foregoing instrument and acknowledged that he executed the same"
(C) either A or B
(D) neither A nor B - ✔✔(A)
✔✔With reference to an oath, the notary public:
(A) need not consider whether the statement is correct or false.
(B) may not take the oath that the notary knew to be false.
(C) must take the oath even if she knows it to be false.
(D) may take the oath and attach an addendum to the document stating its falsehood. -
✔✔(B)
, ✔✔Notaries may draw which of the following kinds of legal papers?
(A) wills
(B) deeds
(C) contracts
(D) mortgages
(E) none of the above - ✔✔(E)
✔✔When a notary public asks for and gets legal business to send to a lawyer or
lawyers with whom he has any business connection or from whom he receives any
money or other consideration for sending them the business, he is:
(A) committing a serious offense
(B) acting reasonably and prudently
(C) not violating any rule or regulation
(D) permitted to do so if he has a written agreement - ✔✔(A)
✔✔A notary public who shares an office with a lawyer:
(A) may divide his fees with the lawyer.
(B) may not divide his fees with the lawyer.
(C) may accept a part of a lawyer's fee on referred legal business.
(D) none of the above. - ✔✔(B)
✔✔A notary public may recommend a friend to retain the services of a particular lawyer
if:
(A) she is paid by the lawyer for doing so.
(B) she is not paid by the lawyer for doing so.
(C) she knows the lawyer for five or more years only.
(D) none of the above. - ✔✔(B)
✔✔To whom may a notary public administer an oath?
(A) a stranger
(B) a relative
(C) a public official
(D) any of the above - ✔✔(D)
✔✔Which of the following may happen if a notary public misuses her powers as a public
official?
(A) fine
(B) imprisonment
(C) both A and B
(D) neither A nor B - ✔✔(C)
✔✔While holding the appointment as a notary public, the notary public:
