NOTARY PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔If you fail to file the oath and bond on time:
a. Your commission is void
b. You must pay $20 to reapply
c. You must complete a new application
d. All of the above - ✔✔D. All of the above
- Your commission is void
- You must pay $20 to reapply
- You must complete a new application
✔✔A notary seeking reappointment must retake the notary exam:
a. Any time after you have to pay
a fine
b. Never
c. Every 4 years
d. None of the above - ✔✔C. Every 4 years
✔✔The fine for willful failure to notify the Secretary of State of an address or name
change is:
a. $500
b. $750
c. $1,500
d. $15,000 - ✔✔A. $500
✔✔Notaries can withhold services:
a. When their employer limits services to transactions related to the employer's
business
b. When a document is incomplete
c. When they believe someone does not understand what they are signing
d. All of the above - ✔✔D. All of the above
- When their employer limits services to transactions related to the employer's business
- When a document is incomplete
- When they believe someone does not understand what they are signing
✔✔Which is the true statement?
a. It is the notary's duty to draft power of attorney, mortgages and deeds when
requested
b. A notary does not have to charge a fee
c. Holographic wills must be notarized to be valid
d. Holographic wills are typewritten - ✔✔B. A notary does not have to charge a fee
✔✔A notary may:
,a. Notarize a document in a foreign language
b. Not notarize documents that he or she will sign as corporate officers
c. Notarize relative's documents
d. All of the above - ✔✔D. All of the above
- Notarize a document in a foreign language
- Not notarize documents that he or she will sign as corporate officers
- Notarize relative's documents
✔✔Signers of the following documents must leave a right thumbprint:
a. Homestead Declaration
b. Power of Attorney
c. Trust Deed for real estate
d. b & c - ✔✔D- B & C
- Power of Attorney
- Trust Deed for real estate
✔✔A notary is obligated to:
a. Reimburse a surety company for bond funds paid out
b. Determine whether a signer has authority to sign as a corporate officer
c. Let their employer hold their seal if they paid for it
d. Use the all-purpose certificate for a jurat - ✔✔A. Reimburse a surety company for
bond funds paid out
✔✔An affirmation is:
a. Jurat
b. Legal equivalent of an oath but has no referral to a Supreme Being
c. Never used
d. All of the above - ✔✔B. Legal equivalent of an oath but has no referral to a Supreme
Being
✔✔A non-attorney notary (qualified & bonded as an immigration consultant) may charge
up to $10 for:
a. Completing a person's immigration application
b. Oaths and affirmation
c. Per signature on a Jurat
d. All of the above - ✔✔D. All of the above
- Completing a person's immigration application
- Oaths and affirmation
- Per signature on a Jurat
✔✔A notary may not notarize:
a. When they are the attorney who drafted the papers
, b. When they are a real estate agent who sold the property
c. For a spouse
d. When they are a mortgagor in a transaction - ✔✔D. When they are a mortgagor in a
transaction
✔✔For a first-time applicant to get a commission they:
a. Must pass an exam
b. Be fingerprinted
c. Be at least 18 years of age
d. All of the above Be fingerprinted - ✔✔D. All of the above
- Must pass an exam
- Be fingerprinted
- Be at least 18 years of age
✔✔A certificate of authorization may be gotten:
a. From the governor's office
b. From the Department of Real Estate
c. From the Secretary of State
d. None of the above - ✔✔C. From the Secretary of State
✔✔Satisfactory evidence of identity means relying on either:
a. ID cards
b. Credible identifying witnesses
c. Business card photos
d. a and b - ✔✔D. a and b
- ID cards
- Credible identifying witnesses
✔✔A California Notary may:
a. Advertise they are immigration consultants
b. Take depositions and affidavits
c. Certify a copy of a foreign birth certificate
d. Normally notarize a will - ✔✔B. Take depositions and affidavits
✔✔An oath is:
a. An affirmation
b. Never used
c. A solemn spoken pledge
d. a and c - ✔✔D. a and c
- An affirmation
- A solemn spoken pledge
✔✔If you fail to file the oath and bond on time:
a. Your commission is void
b. You must pay $20 to reapply
c. You must complete a new application
d. All of the above - ✔✔D. All of the above
- Your commission is void
- You must pay $20 to reapply
- You must complete a new application
✔✔A notary seeking reappointment must retake the notary exam:
a. Any time after you have to pay
a fine
b. Never
c. Every 4 years
d. None of the above - ✔✔C. Every 4 years
✔✔The fine for willful failure to notify the Secretary of State of an address or name
change is:
a. $500
b. $750
c. $1,500
d. $15,000 - ✔✔A. $500
✔✔Notaries can withhold services:
a. When their employer limits services to transactions related to the employer's
business
b. When a document is incomplete
c. When they believe someone does not understand what they are signing
d. All of the above - ✔✔D. All of the above
- When their employer limits services to transactions related to the employer's business
- When a document is incomplete
- When they believe someone does not understand what they are signing
✔✔Which is the true statement?
a. It is the notary's duty to draft power of attorney, mortgages and deeds when
requested
b. A notary does not have to charge a fee
c. Holographic wills must be notarized to be valid
d. Holographic wills are typewritten - ✔✔B. A notary does not have to charge a fee
✔✔A notary may:
,a. Notarize a document in a foreign language
b. Not notarize documents that he or she will sign as corporate officers
c. Notarize relative's documents
d. All of the above - ✔✔D. All of the above
- Notarize a document in a foreign language
- Not notarize documents that he or she will sign as corporate officers
- Notarize relative's documents
✔✔Signers of the following documents must leave a right thumbprint:
a. Homestead Declaration
b. Power of Attorney
c. Trust Deed for real estate
d. b & c - ✔✔D- B & C
- Power of Attorney
- Trust Deed for real estate
✔✔A notary is obligated to:
a. Reimburse a surety company for bond funds paid out
b. Determine whether a signer has authority to sign as a corporate officer
c. Let their employer hold their seal if they paid for it
d. Use the all-purpose certificate for a jurat - ✔✔A. Reimburse a surety company for
bond funds paid out
✔✔An affirmation is:
a. Jurat
b. Legal equivalent of an oath but has no referral to a Supreme Being
c. Never used
d. All of the above - ✔✔B. Legal equivalent of an oath but has no referral to a Supreme
Being
✔✔A non-attorney notary (qualified & bonded as an immigration consultant) may charge
up to $10 for:
a. Completing a person's immigration application
b. Oaths and affirmation
c. Per signature on a Jurat
d. All of the above - ✔✔D. All of the above
- Completing a person's immigration application
- Oaths and affirmation
- Per signature on a Jurat
✔✔A notary may not notarize:
a. When they are the attorney who drafted the papers
, b. When they are a real estate agent who sold the property
c. For a spouse
d. When they are a mortgagor in a transaction - ✔✔D. When they are a mortgagor in a
transaction
✔✔For a first-time applicant to get a commission they:
a. Must pass an exam
b. Be fingerprinted
c. Be at least 18 years of age
d. All of the above Be fingerprinted - ✔✔D. All of the above
- Must pass an exam
- Be fingerprinted
- Be at least 18 years of age
✔✔A certificate of authorization may be gotten:
a. From the governor's office
b. From the Department of Real Estate
c. From the Secretary of State
d. None of the above - ✔✔C. From the Secretary of State
✔✔Satisfactory evidence of identity means relying on either:
a. ID cards
b. Credible identifying witnesses
c. Business card photos
d. a and b - ✔✔D. a and b
- ID cards
- Credible identifying witnesses
✔✔A California Notary may:
a. Advertise they are immigration consultants
b. Take depositions and affidavits
c. Certify a copy of a foreign birth certificate
d. Normally notarize a will - ✔✔B. Take depositions and affidavits
✔✔An oath is:
a. An affirmation
b. Never used
c. A solemn spoken pledge
d. a and c - ✔✔D. a and c
- An affirmation
- A solemn spoken pledge
