PA NOTARY CORE EXAMS SET 2026/2027 QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔You must complete a 3-hour course of study approved by the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania to be a notary (T/F) - ✔✔True
✔✔Notary applications cannot have had a notary commission revoked (T/F) - ✔✔True
✔✔Renewing notaries must complete a three-hour course of study and file their
applications at least two month prior to their commission expiration date. (T/F) - ✔✔True
✔✔Renewing notaries must follow standard renewal practices, except those
grandfathered by the Tritt v. Cortes ruling (T/F) - ✔✔False - RULONA changed this so
that approved three hour course must be taken by all who are renewing.
✔✔All renewing notaries must take the notary exam? (T/F) - ✔✔False - renewing
notaries must complete and approved 3-hour course of study within six months
preceding application for renewal and file their application at least 2-3 month prior to
commission expiration.
✔✔RULONA added new laws to the previous PA notary law? (T/F) - ✔✔False -
RULONA or House Bill 25 overhauled the state's statues governing notaries public and
repealed all prior statues governing notaries - adopting RULONA in its place.
✔✔How long does notary commission last for? - ✔✔4 years
✔✔Maximum time requirement for the bond, oath of office and commission to be
recorded in the office of recorder of deeds of the county in which the Notary maintains
an office - ✔✔45 Days
✔✔The 6 notary acts are - ✔✔Acknowledgement
Verification on Oath or Affirmation
Taking verification on oath or affirmation
Signature witnessing
Copy of deposition certification
Noting a Protest
✔✔You have to apply to be a notary under what section? - ✔✔57 Pa. C.S. Sec. 321 (b)
✔✔As a notary, you may - ✔✔Refuse to serve any customer w/o explanation (other
than race, gender, etc.)
✔✔As a notary, you may not - ✔✔Notarize w/o personal appearance of the customer,
give legal advice, or notarize your own signature
, ✔✔Notary is required by law - ✔✔To demand personal appearance and identify of all
customers
✔✔Acceptable Identification - ✔✔Must be current
Contains the signature or photograph
Is satisfactory to notary
✔✔Can identification be a school id - ✔✔Yes, as long as there is a picture shown
✔✔Are notaries able to perform marriages - ✔✔No
✔✔Before I notarize, I am required by law - ✔✔To demand personal appearance and
identify all of my customers
✔✔notary public - ✔✔A person with the authority to take oaths, statements, and
acknowledgments
✔✔Who cannot be a notary public? - ✔✔Someone who has been disqualified to receive
a commission under sec. 323
✔✔Notary exam is required under which section? - ✔✔Sec 3229
✔✔Education for the notary public is under which section - ✔✔Sec 322 or basic
continued education
✔✔Pass the notary education under which section - ✔✔Sec 322
✔✔How long does the notary public exam takes to complete? - ✔✔1 hr
✔✔Passing grade for public notary - ✔✔75
✔✔Website for registering for notary public exam - ✔✔pearsonvue.com
✔✔Section for appointment procedure - ✔✔57 Section 321
✔✔Appointment procedure for notary public - ✔✔W/n 45 days of appointment: record
bond, record oath, record commission with recorder of deeds, register signature with
prothonotary
✔✔Notary acts are performed under which section - ✔✔Section 302 and 305
✔✔Acknowledgement is under which section - ✔✔302
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔You must complete a 3-hour course of study approved by the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania to be a notary (T/F) - ✔✔True
✔✔Notary applications cannot have had a notary commission revoked (T/F) - ✔✔True
✔✔Renewing notaries must complete a three-hour course of study and file their
applications at least two month prior to their commission expiration date. (T/F) - ✔✔True
✔✔Renewing notaries must follow standard renewal practices, except those
grandfathered by the Tritt v. Cortes ruling (T/F) - ✔✔False - RULONA changed this so
that approved three hour course must be taken by all who are renewing.
✔✔All renewing notaries must take the notary exam? (T/F) - ✔✔False - renewing
notaries must complete and approved 3-hour course of study within six months
preceding application for renewal and file their application at least 2-3 month prior to
commission expiration.
✔✔RULONA added new laws to the previous PA notary law? (T/F) - ✔✔False -
RULONA or House Bill 25 overhauled the state's statues governing notaries public and
repealed all prior statues governing notaries - adopting RULONA in its place.
✔✔How long does notary commission last for? - ✔✔4 years
✔✔Maximum time requirement for the bond, oath of office and commission to be
recorded in the office of recorder of deeds of the county in which the Notary maintains
an office - ✔✔45 Days
✔✔The 6 notary acts are - ✔✔Acknowledgement
Verification on Oath or Affirmation
Taking verification on oath or affirmation
Signature witnessing
Copy of deposition certification
Noting a Protest
✔✔You have to apply to be a notary under what section? - ✔✔57 Pa. C.S. Sec. 321 (b)
✔✔As a notary, you may - ✔✔Refuse to serve any customer w/o explanation (other
than race, gender, etc.)
✔✔As a notary, you may not - ✔✔Notarize w/o personal appearance of the customer,
give legal advice, or notarize your own signature
, ✔✔Notary is required by law - ✔✔To demand personal appearance and identify of all
customers
✔✔Acceptable Identification - ✔✔Must be current
Contains the signature or photograph
Is satisfactory to notary
✔✔Can identification be a school id - ✔✔Yes, as long as there is a picture shown
✔✔Are notaries able to perform marriages - ✔✔No
✔✔Before I notarize, I am required by law - ✔✔To demand personal appearance and
identify all of my customers
✔✔notary public - ✔✔A person with the authority to take oaths, statements, and
acknowledgments
✔✔Who cannot be a notary public? - ✔✔Someone who has been disqualified to receive
a commission under sec. 323
✔✔Notary exam is required under which section? - ✔✔Sec 3229
✔✔Education for the notary public is under which section - ✔✔Sec 322 or basic
continued education
✔✔Pass the notary education under which section - ✔✔Sec 322
✔✔How long does the notary public exam takes to complete? - ✔✔1 hr
✔✔Passing grade for public notary - ✔✔75
✔✔Website for registering for notary public exam - ✔✔pearsonvue.com
✔✔Section for appointment procedure - ✔✔57 Section 321
✔✔Appointment procedure for notary public - ✔✔W/n 45 days of appointment: record
bond, record oath, record commission with recorder of deeds, register signature with
prothonotary
✔✔Notary acts are performed under which section - ✔✔Section 302 and 305
✔✔Acknowledgement is under which section - ✔✔302
