NEVADA NOTARY STUDY EXAMS GUIDE 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔there is reasonable reliance on any of the following forms of ID, provided it is current
or issued within 5 years - ✔✔- ID or driver's license issued by CAL DMV
-a United States passport
-an inmate ID issued by CAL DOC
-inmate ID issued by sheriff's department
✔✔there is reasonable reliance on any one of the following forms of ID, provided that it
also contains
--> photograph, description of the person, signature of the person, and identifying # -
✔✔- valid consular ID document or passport issued by a consulate from the applicant's
country of citizenship
-driver's license issued by another state or by canadian or mexican public agency
-ID card issue by another state
-United State military ID card (caution: current military ID card might not contain all
required info
-employee ID issued by an agency or office of the State of California
-ID card issued by a federally recognized tribal goverment
✔✔what must the notary public include in her journal when establishing the identity of
the signer using identification documents - ✔✔type of identifying doc, the governmental
agency issuing the document, serial or identifying #, date of issue or exp of the
document
✔✔the identity of the signer can be established by the _____________________ whom
the notary personally knows - ✔✔oath of a single credible witness
✔✔the notary public must establish the identity of the credible witness by - ✔✔the
presentation of the paper identification documents
✔✔under oath, the credible witness must swear or affirm that each of the following is
true - ✔✔- the individual appearing before the notary public as the signer of the
document is the person named in the document
-the credible witness personally knows the signer
, -the credible witness believes that circumstances of the signer are such that it would be
very difficult or impossible for the signer to obtain another form of ID
-the signer does not possess any of the ID documents to establish the signer'd identity
-the credible witness does not have financial interest and is not named in the document
signed
✔✔what must be obtain from the credible witness for the notary public's journal? -
✔✔must sign the notary public's journal OR
the notary public must indicate the type of identifying doc, gov't agency issuing doc,
identifying #, date of issuance or exp.
✔✔the identity of the signer can be established by ____________ whom the notary
public doesn't personally know - ✔✔the oath of two credible witnesses
✔✔the notary public must first establish the identities of the two credible witnesses by -
✔✔the presentation of paper identification documents
✔✔under oath, the two credible witnesses must swear or affirm that each of the
following is true - ✔✔- the individual appearing before the notary public as the signer of
the document is the person named in the document
-the credible witness personally knows the signer
-the credible witness believes that circumstances of the signer are such that it would be
very difficult or impossible for the signer to obtain another form of ID
-the signer does not possess any of the ID documents to establish the signer'd identity
-the credible witness does not have financial interest and is not named in the document
signed
✔✔what must be obtain from the two credible witnesses for the notary public's journal? -
✔✔must sign the notary public's journal AND
the notary public must indicate the type of identifying doc, gov't agency issuing doc,
identifying #, date of issuance or exp.
✔✔the notary public's journal shall include the items: - ✔✔-date, time, and type of each
official; (e.g. acknowledgment, jurat)
-character of every instrument sworn to, affirmed, acknowledged or proved before the
notary public (e.g. deed of trust)
-signature of each person whose signature is being notarized
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔there is reasonable reliance on any of the following forms of ID, provided it is current
or issued within 5 years - ✔✔- ID or driver's license issued by CAL DMV
-a United States passport
-an inmate ID issued by CAL DOC
-inmate ID issued by sheriff's department
✔✔there is reasonable reliance on any one of the following forms of ID, provided that it
also contains
--> photograph, description of the person, signature of the person, and identifying # -
✔✔- valid consular ID document or passport issued by a consulate from the applicant's
country of citizenship
-driver's license issued by another state or by canadian or mexican public agency
-ID card issue by another state
-United State military ID card (caution: current military ID card might not contain all
required info
-employee ID issued by an agency or office of the State of California
-ID card issued by a federally recognized tribal goverment
✔✔what must the notary public include in her journal when establishing the identity of
the signer using identification documents - ✔✔type of identifying doc, the governmental
agency issuing the document, serial or identifying #, date of issue or exp of the
document
✔✔the identity of the signer can be established by the _____________________ whom
the notary personally knows - ✔✔oath of a single credible witness
✔✔the notary public must establish the identity of the credible witness by - ✔✔the
presentation of the paper identification documents
✔✔under oath, the credible witness must swear or affirm that each of the following is
true - ✔✔- the individual appearing before the notary public as the signer of the
document is the person named in the document
-the credible witness personally knows the signer
, -the credible witness believes that circumstances of the signer are such that it would be
very difficult or impossible for the signer to obtain another form of ID
-the signer does not possess any of the ID documents to establish the signer'd identity
-the credible witness does not have financial interest and is not named in the document
signed
✔✔what must be obtain from the credible witness for the notary public's journal? -
✔✔must sign the notary public's journal OR
the notary public must indicate the type of identifying doc, gov't agency issuing doc,
identifying #, date of issuance or exp.
✔✔the identity of the signer can be established by ____________ whom the notary
public doesn't personally know - ✔✔the oath of two credible witnesses
✔✔the notary public must first establish the identities of the two credible witnesses by -
✔✔the presentation of paper identification documents
✔✔under oath, the two credible witnesses must swear or affirm that each of the
following is true - ✔✔- the individual appearing before the notary public as the signer of
the document is the person named in the document
-the credible witness personally knows the signer
-the credible witness believes that circumstances of the signer are such that it would be
very difficult or impossible for the signer to obtain another form of ID
-the signer does not possess any of the ID documents to establish the signer'd identity
-the credible witness does not have financial interest and is not named in the document
signed
✔✔what must be obtain from the two credible witnesses for the notary public's journal? -
✔✔must sign the notary public's journal AND
the notary public must indicate the type of identifying doc, gov't agency issuing doc,
identifying #, date of issuance or exp.
✔✔the notary public's journal shall include the items: - ✔✔-date, time, and type of each
official; (e.g. acknowledgment, jurat)
-character of every instrument sworn to, affirmed, acknowledged or proved before the
notary public (e.g. deed of trust)
-signature of each person whose signature is being notarized
