NYS NOTARY CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026
FULL ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ 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.
Answer: 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.
Answer: True
⩥ T/F - An official certificate of a notary may be valid even if his term
of office had expired.
Answer: 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.
Answer: 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.
,Answer: 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.
Answer: 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.
Answer: 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.
Answer: True
⩥ T/F - Acknowledgment or proof of conveyance of real estate within
NYS or of any other written instrument may be made only by a married
woman.
Answer: False - It may be made by a single or married woman
⩥ T/F - A subscribing witness must state his place of residence, but does
not have to state that he knew or had satisfactory evidence of the identify
of the person described in and who executed the instrument.
, Answer: False - The subscribing witness MUST state that he knew the
person described in and who executed the instrument or that he has
satisfactory evidence that he is the same person who was a subscribing
witness to the conveyance
⩥ T/F - A person taking the acknowledgment or proof of a conveyance
must endorse thereupon or attach a certificate signed by a county clerk.
Answer: False - The certificate must be signed by the person taking the
acknowledgment or proof
⩥ T/F - An officer who takes a proof of conveyance or other instrument
who is guilty of malfeasance is not liable for damages to the person
injured.
Answer: False - He IS liable for damages to the person injured
⩥ T/F - A conveyance of real property shall not be recorded unless it is
in the English language.
Answer: False - MAY be recorded if there is attached to it an official
translation proved and authenticated in a manner required of
conveyances for recording in NYS
⩥ A deposition (may?/may not?) be taken before a notary public in a
civil proceeding.
Answer: A deposition MAY be taken before a notary public in a civil
proceeding
FULL ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ 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.
Answer: 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.
Answer: True
⩥ T/F - An official certificate of a notary may be valid even if his term
of office had expired.
Answer: 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.
Answer: 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.
,Answer: 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.
Answer: 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.
Answer: 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.
Answer: True
⩥ T/F - Acknowledgment or proof of conveyance of real estate within
NYS or of any other written instrument may be made only by a married
woman.
Answer: False - It may be made by a single or married woman
⩥ T/F - A subscribing witness must state his place of residence, but does
not have to state that he knew or had satisfactory evidence of the identify
of the person described in and who executed the instrument.
, Answer: False - The subscribing witness MUST state that he knew the
person described in and who executed the instrument or that he has
satisfactory evidence that he is the same person who was a subscribing
witness to the conveyance
⩥ T/F - A person taking the acknowledgment or proof of a conveyance
must endorse thereupon or attach a certificate signed by a county clerk.
Answer: False - The certificate must be signed by the person taking the
acknowledgment or proof
⩥ T/F - An officer who takes a proof of conveyance or other instrument
who is guilty of malfeasance is not liable for damages to the person
injured.
Answer: False - He IS liable for damages to the person injured
⩥ T/F - A conveyance of real property shall not be recorded unless it is
in the English language.
Answer: False - MAY be recorded if there is attached to it an official
translation proved and authenticated in a manner required of
conveyances for recording in NYS
⩥ A deposition (may?/may not?) be taken before a notary public in a
civil proceeding.
Answer: A deposition MAY be taken before a notary public in a civil
proceeding
