PENNSYLVANIA NOTARY PUBLIC EXAM QUESTIONS
& ANSWERS
Where can a notarial act be performed? - Answer -Within the geographical borders of
the state.
How long is the PA Notary Public Exam? - Answer -60 minutes
What is the price of the PA Public Notary application? - Answer -$42.00
How many days until does an individual have to obtain their surety bond? - Answer -
Within 45 days after appointment.
Where is your official signature registered? - Answer -The Prothonotary's Office
How many days after appointment/reappointment does a notary public have to register
their official signature? - Answer -45 days after appointment/reappointment.
At what age may you apply to become a PA notary public? - Answer -At at least 18
years of age.
What language MUST you be able to read and write in order to apply for appointment to
become a PA notary public? - Answer -English
A notarial act shall be evidenced by a _________________ - Answer -Certificate
Who establishes notary fees? - Answer -The Department.
What is the fee for taking acknowledgement? - Answer -$5.00
True or False: A notary public may waive the right to charge a fee. - Answer -True
Where is the oath/affirmation recorded? - Answer -Recorder of Deeds office
Within how many days MUST a copy of the bond/oath of office be filed with the
Recorder of Deeds? - Answer -Within 90 days.
Does a PA notary public become appointed or commissioned first? - Answer -
Appointed
True or False: You will NOT be able to perform any notarial acts until becoming
commissioned. - Answer -True
True or False: The surety bond does NOT protect the notary. - Answer -True
, What is the sum of the required surety bond? - Answer -$10,000
Where can someone retrieve a copy of your official signature? - Answer -The
Prothonotary's Office
How long is the term for a commissioned notary public? - Answer -Four years
What is the official notary stamp used for? - Answer -To authenticate all notarial acts.
Is an errors and omissions (E&O) insurance policy required to be purchased by a PA
notary public? - Answer -No. It is not required, but a PA notary public may choose to
purchase the policy.
A notary public is an appointed and commissioned public officer whose function is -
Answer -to perform notarial acts as an impartial witness.
Notarial duties authorized by law include - Answer -administering oaths or affirmations;
certifying copies and taking depositions, verification, acknowledgments; witnessing or
attesting a signature; noting a protest of a negotiable instrument, and performing other
duties specified by law.
Notaries public are authorized to notarize documents in any county in Pennsylvania and
are also authorized to - Answer -issue protests.
A notary public is considered a public servant and, as such, is held personally liable for -
Answer -any fraud or negligence in the performance of the duties of the office.
A notary public is not licensed to - Answer -practice law and may not, under any
circumstances, give legal advice unless the notary public is an attorney.
A notary public must use every reasonable precaution expected of a person of ordinary
prudence and intelligence to - Answer -exercise reasonable care when performing
notarial acts.
Every signer must personally appear before the notary and be carefully identified.
Proper notarization requires the following attention to detail: - Answer -Verify the
signer's signature;
Visually scan the document for blank spaces or incompleteness;
Verify the document's date, including signature dates;
Record notarial acts in your journal before completing the notarization;
Verify the correct notarial wording;
Affix your signature and seal properly and legibly; and
NEVER GIVE ADVICE.
To become a notary public in the State of Pennsylvania, you must: - Answer -be a
citizen or permanent legal resident of the United States
& ANSWERS
Where can a notarial act be performed? - Answer -Within the geographical borders of
the state.
How long is the PA Notary Public Exam? - Answer -60 minutes
What is the price of the PA Public Notary application? - Answer -$42.00
How many days until does an individual have to obtain their surety bond? - Answer -
Within 45 days after appointment.
Where is your official signature registered? - Answer -The Prothonotary's Office
How many days after appointment/reappointment does a notary public have to register
their official signature? - Answer -45 days after appointment/reappointment.
At what age may you apply to become a PA notary public? - Answer -At at least 18
years of age.
What language MUST you be able to read and write in order to apply for appointment to
become a PA notary public? - Answer -English
A notarial act shall be evidenced by a _________________ - Answer -Certificate
Who establishes notary fees? - Answer -The Department.
What is the fee for taking acknowledgement? - Answer -$5.00
True or False: A notary public may waive the right to charge a fee. - Answer -True
Where is the oath/affirmation recorded? - Answer -Recorder of Deeds office
Within how many days MUST a copy of the bond/oath of office be filed with the
Recorder of Deeds? - Answer -Within 90 days.
Does a PA notary public become appointed or commissioned first? - Answer -
Appointed
True or False: You will NOT be able to perform any notarial acts until becoming
commissioned. - Answer -True
True or False: The surety bond does NOT protect the notary. - Answer -True
, What is the sum of the required surety bond? - Answer -$10,000
Where can someone retrieve a copy of your official signature? - Answer -The
Prothonotary's Office
How long is the term for a commissioned notary public? - Answer -Four years
What is the official notary stamp used for? - Answer -To authenticate all notarial acts.
Is an errors and omissions (E&O) insurance policy required to be purchased by a PA
notary public? - Answer -No. It is not required, but a PA notary public may choose to
purchase the policy.
A notary public is an appointed and commissioned public officer whose function is -
Answer -to perform notarial acts as an impartial witness.
Notarial duties authorized by law include - Answer -administering oaths or affirmations;
certifying copies and taking depositions, verification, acknowledgments; witnessing or
attesting a signature; noting a protest of a negotiable instrument, and performing other
duties specified by law.
Notaries public are authorized to notarize documents in any county in Pennsylvania and
are also authorized to - Answer -issue protests.
A notary public is considered a public servant and, as such, is held personally liable for -
Answer -any fraud or negligence in the performance of the duties of the office.
A notary public is not licensed to - Answer -practice law and may not, under any
circumstances, give legal advice unless the notary public is an attorney.
A notary public must use every reasonable precaution expected of a person of ordinary
prudence and intelligence to - Answer -exercise reasonable care when performing
notarial acts.
Every signer must personally appear before the notary and be carefully identified.
Proper notarization requires the following attention to detail: - Answer -Verify the
signer's signature;
Visually scan the document for blank spaces or incompleteness;
Verify the document's date, including signature dates;
Record notarial acts in your journal before completing the notarization;
Verify the correct notarial wording;
Affix your signature and seal properly and legibly; and
NEVER GIVE ADVICE.
To become a notary public in the State of Pennsylvania, you must: - Answer -be a
citizen or permanent legal resident of the United States
