Notary Test Questions and Answers(GRADED A)

Definition: Commission - ANSWER-(a) to empower to perform notarial acts; or (b) the written document that gives authority to perform notarial acts, including the Certificate of Authority of Notary Public that the lieutenant governor issues to a notary. Definition: Copy certification - ANSWER-a notarial act in which a notary certifies that a photocopy is an accurate copy of a document that is neither a public record nor publicly recorded. Definition: Electronic signature - ANSWER-an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record. Definition: Jurat - ANSWER-a notarial act in which a notary certifies: (a) the identity of a signer who: (i) is personally known to the notary; or (ii) provides the notary satisfactory evidence of the signer's identity; (b) that the signer affirms or swears an oath attesting to the truthfulness of a document; and (c) that the signer voluntarily signs the document in the presence of the notary. Definition: "Notarial act" or "notarization" - ANSWER-an act that a notary is authorized to perform under Section 46-1-6: (1) A notary may perform the following acts: (a) a jurat; (b) an acknowledgment; (c) a signature witnessing; (d) a copy certification; and (e) an oath or affirmation. (2) A notary may not: (a) perform an act as a notary that is not described in Subsection (1); or (b) perform an act described in Subsection (1) if the person for whom the notary performs the notarial act is not in the physical presence of the notary at the time the notary performs the act. Definition: Notarial certificate - ANSWER-the affidavit described in Section 46-1-6.5 that is: (a) a part of or attached to a notarized document; and (b) completed by the notary and bears the notary's signature and seal. Definition: Notary - ANSWER-any person commissioned to perform notarial acts under this chapter