2026 NEVADA NOTARY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔T or F: If your employer pays for your notary supplies and you should leave
employment with them at some point, your employer would keep all the notary supplies
you were using because they paid for them. - ✔✔False.
✔✔T or F: You must keep your notary journal for the entire time you are an active
notary and for seven (7) years after you cease to be a commissioned notary. - ✔✔True.
✔✔T or F: It is not necessary that you record every notarization you perform. - ✔✔False
✔✔T or F: In an acknowledgment, the notary is acknowledging that the signer of the
document was in the notary's presence, that the notary lawfully ID'd the signer, and that
the signer verbally acknowledged that they were willing and able to execute the
contents of the document. - ✔✔True
✔✔T or F: Nevada recognizes three different types of acknowledments. - ✔✔False
✔✔T or F: You can tell you are dealing with an acknowledgment if you see the words,
"Acknowledged before me.." in the notarial wording on the document. - ✔✔True
, ✔✔T or F: "Blocking" in the document signer's signature on the byline in the notarial
wording helps to prevent another person from adding their name on the byline after the
notarization has been done. - ✔✔True
✔✔T or F: If someone brings you a document and claims to have the ability to sign the
document because they hold a Power of Attorney, you can take their word for it and
perform the notarization. - ✔✔False
✔✔T or F: Jurat is short for the Latin, "Juratum est," meaing, "It has been sworn". -
✔✔True
✔✔T or F: In a jurat notarization, the document signer is not required by law to sign the
document in the notary's presence. - ✔✔False.
✔✔T or F: You can tell you will likely be dealing with a jurat if you see the words,
"Signed and sworn" or "Subscribed and sworn" in the notarial wording. - ✔✔True
✔✔T or F: When performing a jurat, the notary must take an oath. - ✔✔False
✔✔T or F: When completing a journal entry for a jurat notarization, the notary must
record jurat/oath under "Type of Notarization" each time they perform a jurat. - ✔✔True
✔✔T or F: When you are performing a Copy Certification, the document signer does not
need to sign the document. - ✔✔True
✔✔T or F: If someone wants a certified copy of their Marriage Certificate, a notary can
provide one for them. - ✔✔False
✔✔T or F: During a copy certification of a college diploma, the notary would put the
notarial wording directly on the original diploma. - ✔✔False
✔✔T or F: The notary does not need to sign and stamp a copy certification. - ✔✔False
✔✔T or F: A Credible Witness is someone personally known by both the notary and the
document signer. - ✔✔True
✔✔T or F: The notary must ID the credible witness by using a government issued ID. -
✔✔False
✔✔T or F: When using a credible witness, the notary will need to have the signature of
the document signer and the credible witness in their notary journal for that one entry. -
✔✔True
SURE A+
✔✔T or F: If your employer pays for your notary supplies and you should leave
employment with them at some point, your employer would keep all the notary supplies
you were using because they paid for them. - ✔✔False.
✔✔T or F: You must keep your notary journal for the entire time you are an active
notary and for seven (7) years after you cease to be a commissioned notary. - ✔✔True.
✔✔T or F: It is not necessary that you record every notarization you perform. - ✔✔False
✔✔T or F: In an acknowledgment, the notary is acknowledging that the signer of the
document was in the notary's presence, that the notary lawfully ID'd the signer, and that
the signer verbally acknowledged that they were willing and able to execute the
contents of the document. - ✔✔True
✔✔T or F: Nevada recognizes three different types of acknowledments. - ✔✔False
✔✔T or F: You can tell you are dealing with an acknowledgment if you see the words,
"Acknowledged before me.." in the notarial wording on the document. - ✔✔True
, ✔✔T or F: "Blocking" in the document signer's signature on the byline in the notarial
wording helps to prevent another person from adding their name on the byline after the
notarization has been done. - ✔✔True
✔✔T or F: If someone brings you a document and claims to have the ability to sign the
document because they hold a Power of Attorney, you can take their word for it and
perform the notarization. - ✔✔False
✔✔T or F: Jurat is short for the Latin, "Juratum est," meaing, "It has been sworn". -
✔✔True
✔✔T or F: In a jurat notarization, the document signer is not required by law to sign the
document in the notary's presence. - ✔✔False.
✔✔T or F: You can tell you will likely be dealing with a jurat if you see the words,
"Signed and sworn" or "Subscribed and sworn" in the notarial wording. - ✔✔True
✔✔T or F: When performing a jurat, the notary must take an oath. - ✔✔False
✔✔T or F: When completing a journal entry for a jurat notarization, the notary must
record jurat/oath under "Type of Notarization" each time they perform a jurat. - ✔✔True
✔✔T or F: When you are performing a Copy Certification, the document signer does not
need to sign the document. - ✔✔True
✔✔T or F: If someone wants a certified copy of their Marriage Certificate, a notary can
provide one for them. - ✔✔False
✔✔T or F: During a copy certification of a college diploma, the notary would put the
notarial wording directly on the original diploma. - ✔✔False
✔✔T or F: The notary does not need to sign and stamp a copy certification. - ✔✔False
✔✔T or F: A Credible Witness is someone personally known by both the notary and the
document signer. - ✔✔True
✔✔T or F: The notary must ID the credible witness by using a government issued ID. -
✔✔False
✔✔T or F: When using a credible witness, the notary will need to have the signature of
the document signer and the credible witness in their notary journal for that one entry. -
✔✔True
