NYS NOTARY PRACTICE EXAM 2026/2027 QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Filing Certificate of Official Character Fee - ✔✔$10
✔✔Issuance of Certificate of Official Character Fee - ✔✔$5
✔✔Authentication of Certificate Fee - ✔✔$3
✔✔Oath or Affirmation Fee - ✔✔$2
✔✔Acknowledgment (each person) Fee - ✔✔$2
✔✔Proof of Execution Fee - ✔✔$2
✔✔Swearing Witness Fee - ✔✔$2
✔✔Protest of Note, Commercial Paper, etc. Fee - ✔✔$.75
✔✔Each additional Notice of Protest Fee (limit 5) - ✔✔$.10
✔✔T/F - A notary at the time of appointment must be either a NYS resident or have a
place of business in NYS - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - A NYS resident notary public who moves out of NYS but still maintains a place
of business in NYS can continue to be a notary in NYS - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - In certain situations, the Secretary of State is not required to satisfy himself or
certain notary public requirements of an applicant, such as education - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - The Secretary of State can remove a notary without serving a copy of the
charges against him - ✔✔False - The Secretary of State must serve the charges and
give him the opportunity to be heard
✔✔T/F - No person shall be appointed a notary who has been convicted of any
misdemeanor - ✔✔False - A person who commits a felony can not be appointed a
notary
✔✔T/F - No person shall be appointed a notary if he has been convicted of unlawful
possession or distribution of habit forming narcotic drugs - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - An attorney who is a notary public who moves to another state shall be
deemed a resident of the county where he maintains an office in NYS - ✔✔True
, ✔✔T/F - The Secretary of State shall receive a fee of $20 for changing the name or
address of a notary public - ✔✔False - $10
✔✔T/F - Only the Secretary of State may issue a Certificate of Official Character -
✔✔False - The county clerk may issue a Certificate of Official Character
✔✔T/F - The Secretary of State shall collect $10 for the issuance of a Certificate -
✔✔True
✔✔T/F - A certification of a notarial signature is issued by the court - ✔✔False - A
certification of a notarial signature is issued by the county clerk for a fee of $3
✔✔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
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Filing Certificate of Official Character Fee - ✔✔$10
✔✔Issuance of Certificate of Official Character Fee - ✔✔$5
✔✔Authentication of Certificate Fee - ✔✔$3
✔✔Oath or Affirmation Fee - ✔✔$2
✔✔Acknowledgment (each person) Fee - ✔✔$2
✔✔Proof of Execution Fee - ✔✔$2
✔✔Swearing Witness Fee - ✔✔$2
✔✔Protest of Note, Commercial Paper, etc. Fee - ✔✔$.75
✔✔Each additional Notice of Protest Fee (limit 5) - ✔✔$.10
✔✔T/F - A notary at the time of appointment must be either a NYS resident or have a
place of business in NYS - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - A NYS resident notary public who moves out of NYS but still maintains a place
of business in NYS can continue to be a notary in NYS - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - In certain situations, the Secretary of State is not required to satisfy himself or
certain notary public requirements of an applicant, such as education - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - The Secretary of State can remove a notary without serving a copy of the
charges against him - ✔✔False - The Secretary of State must serve the charges and
give him the opportunity to be heard
✔✔T/F - No person shall be appointed a notary who has been convicted of any
misdemeanor - ✔✔False - A person who commits a felony can not be appointed a
notary
✔✔T/F - No person shall be appointed a notary if he has been convicted of unlawful
possession or distribution of habit forming narcotic drugs - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - An attorney who is a notary public who moves to another state shall be
deemed a resident of the county where he maintains an office in NYS - ✔✔True
, ✔✔T/F - The Secretary of State shall receive a fee of $20 for changing the name or
address of a notary public - ✔✔False - $10
✔✔T/F - Only the Secretary of State may issue a Certificate of Official Character -
✔✔False - The county clerk may issue a Certificate of Official Character
✔✔T/F - The Secretary of State shall collect $10 for the issuance of a Certificate -
✔✔True
✔✔T/F - A certification of a notarial signature is issued by the court - ✔✔False - A
certification of a notarial signature is issued by the county clerk for a fee of $3
✔✔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
