CALIFORNIA NOTARY REVIEW TIPS QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Signers of what documents must leave a right thumbprint? - ✔✔Power of Attorney
and Trust Deed for Real Estate
✔✔A notary is obligated to: - ✔✔Reimburse a surety company for bond funds paid out
✔✔An affirmation is: - ✔✔legal equivalent of an oath but has no referral to a Supreme
Being
✔✔A non-attorney notary (qualified & bonded as an immigration consultant) may charge
up to $10 for: - ✔✔Completing a person's immigration application
Oaths and affirmation
Per signature on a Jurat
✔✔A notary may not notarize: - ✔✔when they are a mortgagor in a transaction
"if you are an 'or' or an 'ee' you cannot be the notary"
✔✔For a first time applicant to get a commission, they - ✔✔Must pass the exam
Be fingerprinted
Be at least 18 years of age
✔✔A certificate of authorization may be gotten: - ✔✔From the Secretary of State
✔✔Satisfactory evidence of identity means relying on either: - ✔✔ID Cards
Credible identifying witnesses
✔✔A California Notary may - ✔✔Take depositions and affiddavits
✔✔An oath is: - ✔✔An affirmation, a solemn spoken pledge
✔✔A certified copy certifies that the reproduction - ✔✔is accurate
, ✔✔Influencing a notary to perform improperly is a - ✔✔Misdemeanor
✔✔Notaries shall not perform notary actions if they are: - ✔✔Named as a principal in a
financial transaction
✔✔Which of the following is signed in the presence of the notary: - ✔✔Jurat
✔✔An acknowledgement certifies that under penalty of perjury - ✔✔Signer's identity
was satisfactorily proven to notary
The signor admits that they signed the document
The signer appeared before the notary
✔✔A man inherits a property in Alabama with his sister and they must send an affidavit
to the court. He can have a friend notarize his signature and: - ✔✔He can't do either
notarization
✔✔Notaries obtain their seals from the - ✔✔Secretary of State
✔✔When a subscribing witness brings a document the action is called - ✔✔Proof of
execution
✔✔If a principal cannot appear, the document may be brought to the notary by: -
✔✔One subscribing witness
✔✔A subscribing witness is placed under oath and asked: - ✔✔Did you sign as a
witness?
Did the signer acknowledge their signing?
Did the signer ask you to get the document notarized
✔✔an embossed seal impression - ✔✔is acceptable but not required
✔✔List 4 notary actions - ✔✔Proof of Execution
Jurat
Oath of office
Acknowledgement
✔✔Credible witnesses - ✔✔must not have a financial interest in the document
✔✔if you resign a position with your employer - ✔✔notify the Secretary of State
✔✔A military notary - ✔✔charges no fees
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Signers of what documents must leave a right thumbprint? - ✔✔Power of Attorney
and Trust Deed for Real Estate
✔✔A notary is obligated to: - ✔✔Reimburse a surety company for bond funds paid out
✔✔An affirmation is: - ✔✔legal equivalent of an oath but has no referral to a Supreme
Being
✔✔A non-attorney notary (qualified & bonded as an immigration consultant) may charge
up to $10 for: - ✔✔Completing a person's immigration application
Oaths and affirmation
Per signature on a Jurat
✔✔A notary may not notarize: - ✔✔when they are a mortgagor in a transaction
"if you are an 'or' or an 'ee' you cannot be the notary"
✔✔For a first time applicant to get a commission, they - ✔✔Must pass the exam
Be fingerprinted
Be at least 18 years of age
✔✔A certificate of authorization may be gotten: - ✔✔From the Secretary of State
✔✔Satisfactory evidence of identity means relying on either: - ✔✔ID Cards
Credible identifying witnesses
✔✔A California Notary may - ✔✔Take depositions and affiddavits
✔✔An oath is: - ✔✔An affirmation, a solemn spoken pledge
✔✔A certified copy certifies that the reproduction - ✔✔is accurate
, ✔✔Influencing a notary to perform improperly is a - ✔✔Misdemeanor
✔✔Notaries shall not perform notary actions if they are: - ✔✔Named as a principal in a
financial transaction
✔✔Which of the following is signed in the presence of the notary: - ✔✔Jurat
✔✔An acknowledgement certifies that under penalty of perjury - ✔✔Signer's identity
was satisfactorily proven to notary
The signor admits that they signed the document
The signer appeared before the notary
✔✔A man inherits a property in Alabama with his sister and they must send an affidavit
to the court. He can have a friend notarize his signature and: - ✔✔He can't do either
notarization
✔✔Notaries obtain their seals from the - ✔✔Secretary of State
✔✔When a subscribing witness brings a document the action is called - ✔✔Proof of
execution
✔✔If a principal cannot appear, the document may be brought to the notary by: -
✔✔One subscribing witness
✔✔A subscribing witness is placed under oath and asked: - ✔✔Did you sign as a
witness?
Did the signer acknowledge their signing?
Did the signer ask you to get the document notarized
✔✔an embossed seal impression - ✔✔is acceptable but not required
✔✔List 4 notary actions - ✔✔Proof of Execution
Jurat
Oath of office
Acknowledgement
✔✔Credible witnesses - ✔✔must not have a financial interest in the document
✔✔if you resign a position with your employer - ✔✔notify the Secretary of State
✔✔A military notary - ✔✔charges no fees
