2024/2025 Questions with Complete
Solution
, NYS Notary Multiple Choice Exam
2024/2025 Questions with Complete
Solution
"Do you solemnly, declare and affirm that the statements made by you are true and
correct under penalty of perjury?" is an example of a(n):
a. Declaration
b. Authentication
c. Affirmation
d. Oath - Answer ✓✓c. Affirmation
A certified copy of a recorded document may be obtained from which of the following:
a. The Notary Public
b. A Commissioner of Deeds
c. The Secretary of State
d. The public office which issued the document originally - Answer ✓✓d. The public
office which issued the document originally.
A certified copy of a recorded document may be obtained from which of the following?
a. The Notary Public
b. A commissioner of Deeds
c. The secretary of State
d. The public office that issued the document originally - Answer ✓✓d. The public office
that issued the document originally
A Commissioner of Deeds and a Notary Public BOTH CANNOT:
a. Perform marriages or sign contract of marriages
b. Take neither oaths nor affirmations
c. Take acknowledgments from signers
d. Take depositions for civil cases - Answer ✓✓a. Perform marriages or sign contract
of marriages
A copy of a public record signed and certified as true copy by the public official having
custody of the original is known a(n):
a. Affirmation
b. Authentication
c. Certified Copy
d. Acknowledgment - Answer ✓✓c. Certified Copy
A copy of the Notary's certificate witnessing the opening of an abandoned a safe
deposit box must be sent to the lessee (customer) via registered US mail:
a. Within 15 days from the opening date of the box
b. Within 10 days from the opening date of the box
, c. Within 30 days from the opening date after giving proper notice to the lessee
d. Within 10 days of non-payment of the rental fee by the lessee - Answer ✓✓b. Within
10 days from the opening date of the box
A court decree to pay a specified sum of money is best known as a:
a. Writ
b. Lien
c. Litigation
d. Judgment - Answer ✓✓d. Judgment
A document that is notarized and gives another person the right to act for an individual
is known as a(n)?
a. Power of Attorney
b. Guardian
c. Litigation
d. Escrow - Answer ✓✓a. Power of Attorney
A document which later modifies a Last Will & Testament made previously is known as
a(n):
a. Attachment
b. Codicil
c. Attestation Clause
d. Holographic Will - Answer ✓✓b. Codicil
A female Notary who is commissioned under the name of Roberta T. Jones, but later
changes her name by marriage to Roberta T. Smith, may notarized and sign as
_________ until the end of her commission.
a. Roberta T. Jones
b. Roberta T. Jones (Roberta T. Smith, printed)
c. Roberta T. Smith
d. Both A & B - Answer ✓✓d. Both A & B
A hearing or examination in the presence of or on papers filed by one party and in the
absence of the other party is known as:
a. Reciprocity
b. Res Judicata
c. Ex Parte
d. Contempt of Court - Answer ✓✓c. Ex Parte
A Jurat statement is false when:
a. No oath or affirmation is administered to the signer(s)
b. It is not signed by the Notary who administered the Oath or Affirmation of the
signer(s)
c. A Notary fails to comply with statutory provisions of such an act
d. All of the above - Answer ✓✓d. All of the above