2026 INDIANA NOTARY ACTUAL EXAM PAPER
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔T/F - A person removed from commissioner of deeds in NYC is eligible for
reappointment as commissioner of deeds - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - A commission of elections or inspector of elections is not eligible for the office
of notary public - ✔✔False - They are eligible for appointment of notary public
✔✔T/F - No person is eligible for the office of notary public who was convicted of a
violation of the selective draft act of May 18, 1917 - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - There shall be at least one person in the county clerk's office who shall
notarize documents for the public, free of charge - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - A member of the legislature may not be appointed a notary public - ✔✔False
✔✔T/F - A sheriff may be appointed notary public - ✔✔False - Sheriffs may not hold any
other office
✔✔T/F - A notary public shall not notarize a paper if he has a pecuniary interest in the
transaction - ✔✔True
, ✔✔T/F - The signature and seal of the county clerk on a certificate of official character
or authentication may be facsimile, printed or stamped - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - A notary shall not be liable to the parties injured for damages sustained by
them as a result of the notary public's actions - ✔✔False
✔✔T/F - A person not commissioned a notary public who acts as a notary public is
guilty of a felony - ✔✔False - They are guilty of a misdemeanor
✔✔T/F - A notary public who is licensed as an attorney in NYS may substitute the
words "Attorney and Counselor at Law" for "Notary Public" - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - No official act of a notary public shall be held invalid on account of failure to
comply with the provisions listed in Executive Law 137 - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - A notary public who is an employee or officer of a corporation may not take an
acknowledgement of such corporation if the notary public has a financial interest in the
instrument - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - An official certificate of a notary may be valid even if his term of office had
expired - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - An official certificate of a notary may be valid even if there was an ineligibility of
the notary to be appointed or commissioned - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - An official certificate of a notary may be valid even if the notary had vacated
his office by changing his residence or accepting another public office - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - The term "lien" includes every written instrument by which an estate or interest
in real property is created, transferred, mortgaged or assigned - ✔✔False - This
definition applies to the legal term "conveyance"
✔✔T/F - The term "conveyance" does not include a will or a lease for a term not
exceeding 3 years - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - Acknowledgement or proof may be made before a justice of the peace within a
county containing the town, village or city where he is authorized to perform official
duties - ✔✔True
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔T/F - A person removed from commissioner of deeds in NYC is eligible for
reappointment as commissioner of deeds - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - A commission of elections or inspector of elections is not eligible for the office
of notary public - ✔✔False - They are eligible for appointment of notary public
✔✔T/F - No person is eligible for the office of notary public who was convicted of a
violation of the selective draft act of May 18, 1917 - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - There shall be at least one person in the county clerk's office who shall
notarize documents for the public, free of charge - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - A member of the legislature may not be appointed a notary public - ✔✔False
✔✔T/F - A sheriff may be appointed notary public - ✔✔False - Sheriffs may not hold any
other office
✔✔T/F - A notary public shall not notarize a paper if he has a pecuniary interest in the
transaction - ✔✔True
, ✔✔T/F - The signature and seal of the county clerk on a certificate of official character
or authentication may be facsimile, printed or stamped - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - A notary shall not be liable to the parties injured for damages sustained by
them as a result of the notary public's actions - ✔✔False
✔✔T/F - A person not commissioned a notary public who acts as a notary public is
guilty of a felony - ✔✔False - They are guilty of a misdemeanor
✔✔T/F - A notary public who is licensed as an attorney in NYS may substitute the
words "Attorney and Counselor at Law" for "Notary Public" - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - No official act of a notary public shall be held invalid on account of failure to
comply with the provisions listed in Executive Law 137 - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - A notary public who is an employee or officer of a corporation may not take an
acknowledgement of such corporation if the notary public has a financial interest in the
instrument - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - An official certificate of a notary may be valid even if his term of office had
expired - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - An official certificate of a notary may be valid even if there was an ineligibility of
the notary to be appointed or commissioned - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - An official certificate of a notary may be valid even if the notary had vacated
his office by changing his residence or accepting another public office - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - The term "lien" includes every written instrument by which an estate or interest
in real property is created, transferred, mortgaged or assigned - ✔✔False - This
definition applies to the legal term "conveyance"
✔✔T/F - The term "conveyance" does not include a will or a lease for a term not
exceeding 3 years - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - Acknowledgement or proof may be made before a justice of the peace within a
county containing the town, village or city where he is authorized to perform official
duties - ✔✔True
