PA Notary Study Guide 2023

A notary commission which began on January 1, 2017 (12:00 a.m.) will end on: - January 1, 2021 (11:59 p.m.) A notary public is not licensed to practice law and may not, under any circumstances, give legal advice unless he/she is a licensed attorney. - True You must be employed in or a legal resident of Pennsylvania to be eligible to become a notary public in this state. - True The notary public term of office is ______ years. - Four Applications for reappointment should be filed at least ________ prior to the expiration of the commission - Two to three months Notaries public are required to execute a _______ bond following appointment. - $10,000 Pennsylvania requires notaries to file a security bond no later than ______ days after the beginning of the prescribed commission term. - 45 Days The state application filing fee is ______. - $42 A notary journal/ register is required by law. - True Administrative suspension or revocation of one's commission may result for failure to comply with notarial procedures and laws. - True If a notary public secured his/her notary appointment while employed and the employer paid for the costs incurred, and the notary's employment is subsequently terminated, the notary must: - Not surrender the notary's stamp, seal or journal to the employer. The use of a notary public seal by a person who is not the notary public named on the seal is considered an impersonation of a notary public and subject to the penalties set forth by law. - True Notary seals must be photographically reproducible. - True An embosser can be used in place of a rubber stamp seal. - False Upon a notary public's, disqualification, revocation or expiration of a commission, the notary public seal must be surrendered to the Department of State or destroyed within: - 30 Days Upon a notary public's resignation, disqualification, revocation or expiration of a commission, the notary public seal must be surrendered to the Department of State. Any person who fails to comply with this requirement shall be guilty of a summary offense and upon conviction shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding ______ or to imprisonment not exceeding ______ , or both. - $1,000, 0 Days The notary seal, the notary commission certificate, and any other papers belonging to the notary public, i.e., a record book or journal of notarial acts, are the property of: - The notary public It is acceptable if the stamp of the notary seal is placed over the notary's signature, but not over the document signer's signature. - False Journal/register entries must record: - The date of the notarial act, The character of the notarial act - acknowledgment, affidavit, etc. , The name of the parties to the instrument, and The fee charged for the notary service. The charging of a fee and the amount of the fee charged is at the discretion of the notary public or the notary public's employer provided: - It does not exceed the maximum fees stated by law. The resigning notary's journal and all other public papers must be delivered to the office of the recorder of deeds of the county in which the notary maintained their address, within _______ days. - 30 Days The maximum fee that can be charged by a notary public for acknowledgments, affidavits, oaths, and affirmations is ________. - $5.00 The Secretary of the Commonwealth must be notified in writing of any change in the notary's principal place of business or residence within _______ after the change. - 30 Days If a notary public changes his/her place of business address to a new county, the notary public's signature must be registered with the prothonotary of the new county within: - 30 Days The Secretary of the Commonwealth and the recorder of deeds of the county of appointment must be notified in writing of any change in the notary's legal name within _______ of the change. - 30 Days