Ohio Notary Public Exam 2023/24 Solved 100% Correct

Who appoints notaries public in Ohio? - ANSWER-The Secretary of State The minimum age for a person to be appointed and commissioned a notary public is ____. - ANSWER-18 If a person meets all other requirements for notary public may the following person become a notary public? "An Ohio resident who is not an attorney." - ANSWER-Yes If a person meets all other requirements for notary public, may the following person become a notary public? "An Ohio resident who is an attorney admitted to the practice of law in Ohio." - ANSWER-Yes If an attorney is not an Ohio resident, but is admitted to practice law in Ohio and has his principal place of business in Ohio, may he be appointed and commissioned a notary public in Ohio? - ANSWER-Yes - also if he has hos "primary practice in Ohio" What power does the secretary of state have if he is presented with satisfactory evidence of official misconduct or incapacity of a notary? - ANSWER-Power to revoke the commission of the notary. Before being appointed a notary public, the applicant must provide to the secretary of state a certificate from whom? - ANSWER-A judge of an Ohio court of common please, court of appeals, or supreme court. No judge or justice shall issue a certificate until the judge or justice is satisfied from personal knowledge that the applicant possess the qualifications necessary to a proper discharge of the duties of the office or ____________. - ANSWER-Until the applicant has passed an examination under any rules that the judge or justice may prescribe. The county in which an attorney who is not a citizen of this state and who is a notary public has the attorney's principal place of business or the attorney's primary practice shall be deemed the county in which the attorney ___________________. - ANSWER-Resides The term of office of a notary is _____ years. - ANSWER-5 A notary who violates his oath and is removed by the court of common please in the county in which he resides is ineligible for appointment for how long? - ANSWER-He is never eligible for reappointment.