NYS NOTARY COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔A notary is asked by a person to notarize an affidavit. Which of the following is
correct?
A. The notary can negotiate a fee
B. Notary must charge a fee of $20
C. Notary may charge a fee of $10
D. None of the above - ✔✔None of the above
✔✔. If a party violates the provisions of Judiciary Law 67 (Fees of Public Officers) he is
liable to the person aggrieved ________.
A. for damages plus $300 B. for damages plus traveling expenses
C. for treble damages
D. None of ther above - ✔✔For treble damages
✔✔1. Which of the following statements is not correct?
A. The fee for a notary public commission is $60
B. The Secretary of State commissions notaries public
C. The term of a notary public commission is 2 years
D. Notary public examinations are scheduled throughout NYS - ✔✔The term of a notary
public commission is 2 years
✔✔Notaries public are commissioned in -
A. Their city of residence
B. The city where they are employed
C. Their county of residence
D. Their town or village of residence - ✔✔Their county of residence
✔✔3. Which of the following statements is not correct? No person shall be appointed as
a notary public who has been convicted of ______________. - ✔✔Any misdemeanor
✔✔The county clerk and register of any county with whom a certificate of official
character has been filed shall collect for the filing-
A. $2
B. $4
C. $5
D. $10 - ✔✔$10
✔✔A notary public who is removed from office and then executes any instrument as a
notary public is guilty of a -
A. Violation
B. Petty offense
C. Misdemeanor
, D. Felony - ✔✔Misdemeanor
✔✔Which of the following is not eligible for the office of notary public?
A. Commissioner of elections
B. Sheriff
C. Member of the legislature
D. Inspector of elections - ✔✔Sheriff
✔✔Fee for an oath or affirmation-
A. $2
B. $4
C. $5
D. $10 - ✔✔$2
✔✔The signature and seal of a county clerk upon a certificate of official character of a
notary public may be:
1. Facsimile 2. Printed 3. Stamped 4. Photographed or engraved thereon
A. 1,2,3 are correct
B. 2 and 3 are correct
C. 1,2,3 and 4 are correct
D. Only 3 is correct - ✔✔1,2,3 and 4 are correct
✔✔9. Which of the following statements is not correct? A NYS notary public is:
A. Authorized to administer oaths and affirmations
B. Not authorized to administer an oath to himself
C. Not authorized to administer oaths and affirmations
D. Authorized to receive and certify acknowledgments - ✔✔Not authorized to administer
oaths and affirmations
✔✔A notary public who is an attorney at law admitted to practice in NYS may:
1. Administer an oath or affirmation to his client 2. take the affidavit or acknowledgment
to his client
A. 1 and 2 are not correct
B. Only 1 is correct
C. Only 2 is correct
D. 1 and 2 are correct - ✔✔1 and 2 are correct
✔✔A person who holds himself out to be a notary public but is not, or a notary public
who commits fraud or deceit in the performance of his duties, is guilty of-
A. A petty offense
B. A misdemeanor
C. A felony
D. None of the above - ✔✔A misdemeanor
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔A notary is asked by a person to notarize an affidavit. Which of the following is
correct?
A. The notary can negotiate a fee
B. Notary must charge a fee of $20
C. Notary may charge a fee of $10
D. None of the above - ✔✔None of the above
✔✔. If a party violates the provisions of Judiciary Law 67 (Fees of Public Officers) he is
liable to the person aggrieved ________.
A. for damages plus $300 B. for damages plus traveling expenses
C. for treble damages
D. None of ther above - ✔✔For treble damages
✔✔1. Which of the following statements is not correct?
A. The fee for a notary public commission is $60
B. The Secretary of State commissions notaries public
C. The term of a notary public commission is 2 years
D. Notary public examinations are scheduled throughout NYS - ✔✔The term of a notary
public commission is 2 years
✔✔Notaries public are commissioned in -
A. Their city of residence
B. The city where they are employed
C. Their county of residence
D. Their town or village of residence - ✔✔Their county of residence
✔✔3. Which of the following statements is not correct? No person shall be appointed as
a notary public who has been convicted of ______________. - ✔✔Any misdemeanor
✔✔The county clerk and register of any county with whom a certificate of official
character has been filed shall collect for the filing-
A. $2
B. $4
C. $5
D. $10 - ✔✔$10
✔✔A notary public who is removed from office and then executes any instrument as a
notary public is guilty of a -
A. Violation
B. Petty offense
C. Misdemeanor
, D. Felony - ✔✔Misdemeanor
✔✔Which of the following is not eligible for the office of notary public?
A. Commissioner of elections
B. Sheriff
C. Member of the legislature
D. Inspector of elections - ✔✔Sheriff
✔✔Fee for an oath or affirmation-
A. $2
B. $4
C. $5
D. $10 - ✔✔$2
✔✔The signature and seal of a county clerk upon a certificate of official character of a
notary public may be:
1. Facsimile 2. Printed 3. Stamped 4. Photographed or engraved thereon
A. 1,2,3 are correct
B. 2 and 3 are correct
C. 1,2,3 and 4 are correct
D. Only 3 is correct - ✔✔1,2,3 and 4 are correct
✔✔9. Which of the following statements is not correct? A NYS notary public is:
A. Authorized to administer oaths and affirmations
B. Not authorized to administer an oath to himself
C. Not authorized to administer oaths and affirmations
D. Authorized to receive and certify acknowledgments - ✔✔Not authorized to administer
oaths and affirmations
✔✔A notary public who is an attorney at law admitted to practice in NYS may:
1. Administer an oath or affirmation to his client 2. take the affidavit or acknowledgment
to his client
A. 1 and 2 are not correct
B. Only 1 is correct
C. Only 2 is correct
D. 1 and 2 are correct - ✔✔1 and 2 are correct
✔✔A person who holds himself out to be a notary public but is not, or a notary public
who commits fraud or deceit in the performance of his duties, is guilty of-
A. A petty offense
B. A misdemeanor
C. A felony
D. None of the above - ✔✔A misdemeanor
