NYS NOTARY EXAM
• What can happen to a notary who advertises services in another language does not include
the statement, "I am not an attorney licensed to practice law and may not give legal advice
about immigration or any other legal matter or accept fees for legal advice"?: may be liable for
civil penalty of up to one thousanddollars
second violation - may be suspended
third violation - may be removed (as long as notary has been served with chargesand given
opportunity to defend)
• What fees is a notary entitled to?: 1. For administering an oath or affirmation,and
certifying the same when required, except where another fee is specifically prescribed by
statute, $2.
2. For taking and certifying the acknowledgment or proof of execution of a written
instrument, by one person, $2, and by each additional person, $2, for swearing suchwitness
thereto, $2.
• What must a notary include with his signature?: his name, the words "NotaryPublic State of
New York," the name of the county in which he originally qualified, and the date upon which
his commission expires and, in addition, wherever required,a notary public shall also include
the name of any county in which his certificate ofofficial character is filed
• May a notary who is a stockholder, director, officer or employee of a corporation notarize
for another stockholder, director, officer or employee ofa corporation or administer an oath of
any other stockholder, director, officer,employee or agent of such corporation, and may such
notary public may protest for non- acceptance or non-payment, bills of exchange, drafts, checks,
notes and other negotiable instruments owned or held for collection by suchcorporation?: Yes
• May a notary who is a stockholder, director, officer or employee of a corporation take the
acknowledgment or proof of a written instrument by orto a corporation of which he is a
stockholder, director, officer or employee,if the notary be a party executing such instrument,
either individually or
as representative of such corporation, or shall a notary public protest any negotiable
instruments owned or held for collection by such corporation, if such notary public be
individually a party to such instrument, or have afinancial interest in the subject of same?: No
• What must a notary have before taking an acknowledgement?: Satisfactoryevidence of the
person's identity
• What is the uniform form of certificates of acknowledgement of proof?: -
State of New York )
) ss.:
, County of.................... )
On the . . . . . . day of . . . . . . in the year .............................. before me, the undersigned, personally
appeared ................ , personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory
evidence to be the individual(s)
whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to
me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their capacity(ies), and that byhis/her/their
signature(s) on the instrument, the
individual(s), or the person upon behalf of which the individual(s) acted,executed theinstrument.
(Signature and office of individual taking acknowledgment.)
• A certificate for a proof of execution by a subscribing witness of a con- veyance or other
instrument made by any person in respect to real property situate in this state, must conform
substantially with what form?: State of NewYork )
) ss.:
County of.................... )
On the . . . . . . day of . . . . . . in the year .............................. before me, the undersigned, personally
appeared . . . . . ., the subscribing witness to the foregoing instrument, with whom Iam
personally acquainted, who, being
by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he/she/they reside(s) in . . . . . . (if the place of
residence is in a city, include the street and street number, if any, thereof);that he/she/they
know(s) . . . . . . to be the individual
described in and who executed the foregoing instrument; that said subscribingwitness was
present and saw said . . . . . execute the same; and
that said witness at the same time subscribed his/her/their name(s) as a witnessthereto.
(Signature and office of individual taking proof).
• The certificate of an acknowledgment, without this State, of a conveyanceor other
instrument with respect to real property situate in this State, by a person, may conform
substantially what form?: State, District of Columbia, ) Territory, Possession, or ) ss.:
Foreign Country )
On the . . . . . . day of . . . . . . in the year .............................. before me, the undersigned, personally
appeared ................ , personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory
evidence to be the individual(s)
whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that
he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their
• What can happen to a notary who advertises services in another language does not include
the statement, "I am not an attorney licensed to practice law and may not give legal advice
about immigration or any other legal matter or accept fees for legal advice"?: may be liable for
civil penalty of up to one thousanddollars
second violation - may be suspended
third violation - may be removed (as long as notary has been served with chargesand given
opportunity to defend)
• What fees is a notary entitled to?: 1. For administering an oath or affirmation,and
certifying the same when required, except where another fee is specifically prescribed by
statute, $2.
2. For taking and certifying the acknowledgment or proof of execution of a written
instrument, by one person, $2, and by each additional person, $2, for swearing suchwitness
thereto, $2.
• What must a notary include with his signature?: his name, the words "NotaryPublic State of
New York," the name of the county in which he originally qualified, and the date upon which
his commission expires and, in addition, wherever required,a notary public shall also include
the name of any county in which his certificate ofofficial character is filed
• May a notary who is a stockholder, director, officer or employee of a corporation notarize
for another stockholder, director, officer or employee ofa corporation or administer an oath of
any other stockholder, director, officer,employee or agent of such corporation, and may such
notary public may protest for non- acceptance or non-payment, bills of exchange, drafts, checks,
notes and other negotiable instruments owned or held for collection by suchcorporation?: Yes
• May a notary who is a stockholder, director, officer or employee of a corporation take the
acknowledgment or proof of a written instrument by orto a corporation of which he is a
stockholder, director, officer or employee,if the notary be a party executing such instrument,
either individually or
as representative of such corporation, or shall a notary public protest any negotiable
instruments owned or held for collection by such corporation, if such notary public be
individually a party to such instrument, or have afinancial interest in the subject of same?: No
• What must a notary have before taking an acknowledgement?: Satisfactoryevidence of the
person's identity
• What is the uniform form of certificates of acknowledgement of proof?: -
State of New York )
) ss.:
, County of.................... )
On the . . . . . . day of . . . . . . in the year .............................. before me, the undersigned, personally
appeared ................ , personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory
evidence to be the individual(s)
whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to
me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their capacity(ies), and that byhis/her/their
signature(s) on the instrument, the
individual(s), or the person upon behalf of which the individual(s) acted,executed theinstrument.
(Signature and office of individual taking acknowledgment.)
• A certificate for a proof of execution by a subscribing witness of a con- veyance or other
instrument made by any person in respect to real property situate in this state, must conform
substantially with what form?: State of NewYork )
) ss.:
County of.................... )
On the . . . . . . day of . . . . . . in the year .............................. before me, the undersigned, personally
appeared . . . . . ., the subscribing witness to the foregoing instrument, with whom Iam
personally acquainted, who, being
by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he/she/they reside(s) in . . . . . . (if the place of
residence is in a city, include the street and street number, if any, thereof);that he/she/they
know(s) . . . . . . to be the individual
described in and who executed the foregoing instrument; that said subscribingwitness was
present and saw said . . . . . execute the same; and
that said witness at the same time subscribed his/her/their name(s) as a witnessthereto.
(Signature and office of individual taking proof).
• The certificate of an acknowledgment, without this State, of a conveyanceor other
instrument with respect to real property situate in this State, by a person, may conform
substantially what form?: State, District of Columbia, ) Territory, Possession, or ) ss.:
Foreign Country )
On the . . . . . . day of . . . . . . in the year .............................. before me, the undersigned, personally
appeared ................ , personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory
evidence to be the individual(s)
whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that
he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their
