COLORADO NOTARY TEST PRACTICE REVIEW
2026 TESTED QUESTIONS ANSWERS
◉ Notarial certificate best practices. Answer: What is the title of the
document?
To whom was it issued?
Who (if anyone) is signing?
On what date?
This ensures a certificate is only relevant to its original document
and/or its certified copy.
◉ Types of notarial certificates:. Answer: Blank stamps or blank
loose certificates
Typed, stamped or handwritten
*Any changes to pre-printed notary language must be initialed and
dated
, ◉ Authentications are. Answer: certificates signed by the Secretary
of State stating that the notary has been commissioned, that the
commission is current at the time of notarization, and that the
notarization is a duly authorized act of the notary.
They are attached to notarized documents destined for use outside
the U.S.A.
◉ How does a customer receive an authentication?. Answer:
Notarized documents can be mailed in or dropped off at the
Secretary of State's office, and picked up next business day. For
expedited service, an additional fee per document will apply.
Notaries must first notarize the document correctly, then refer the
customer to our office.
◉ Sovereign documents are. Answer: documents in which an
individual generally claims to be free from all state and/or federal
government authority. The document titles often include the word
"affidavit" or "notice".
*These types of improperly notarized documents may subject a
notary to admonishment or disciplinary action.
◉ Remote notarization can only be performed by. Answer: a
currently commissioned Colorado notary public with a status of
Active in the Secretary of State's online database.
2026 TESTED QUESTIONS ANSWERS
◉ Notarial certificate best practices. Answer: What is the title of the
document?
To whom was it issued?
Who (if anyone) is signing?
On what date?
This ensures a certificate is only relevant to its original document
and/or its certified copy.
◉ Types of notarial certificates:. Answer: Blank stamps or blank
loose certificates
Typed, stamped or handwritten
*Any changes to pre-printed notary language must be initialed and
dated
, ◉ Authentications are. Answer: certificates signed by the Secretary
of State stating that the notary has been commissioned, that the
commission is current at the time of notarization, and that the
notarization is a duly authorized act of the notary.
They are attached to notarized documents destined for use outside
the U.S.A.
◉ How does a customer receive an authentication?. Answer:
Notarized documents can be mailed in or dropped off at the
Secretary of State's office, and picked up next business day. For
expedited service, an additional fee per document will apply.
Notaries must first notarize the document correctly, then refer the
customer to our office.
◉ Sovereign documents are. Answer: documents in which an
individual generally claims to be free from all state and/or federal
government authority. The document titles often include the word
"affidavit" or "notice".
*These types of improperly notarized documents may subject a
notary to admonishment or disciplinary action.
◉ Remote notarization can only be performed by. Answer: a
currently commissioned Colorado notary public with a status of
Active in the Secretary of State's online database.
