PA NOTARY TEST EXAM 202 WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

PA NOTARY TEST EXAM 202 WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS




Acknowledgement - correct answer An acknowledgement is a statement attached to a b b b b b b b b b b b b




document declaring that the person who signed the instrument is the person mentioned
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therein and that the person did sign the document
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Attest - correct answer Attest means to bear witness to. To declare a document to be true or
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genuine is to attest to its authenticity. When a witness signs a legal document, such as a will, at
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the request of the maker, it's an act of attestation
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Certifying - correct answer To verify; endorse b b b b b b




Jurat - correct answer The jurat is the clause written at the foot of an affidavit that states when,
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where, and before whom an affidavit was sworn. It is a certificate of proof or
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acknowledgement

Oath - correct answer Any form of attestation or pledge by which a person signifies that he or
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she is bound in conscience and out of a sense of responsibility to a Supreme Being to the
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truthfulness for some statement. Willfully swearing to untrue statements constitutes perjury
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Verifying - correct answer Establish the truth, accuracy or reality of
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Power to administer oaths and affirmations - correct answer Notaries shall have power to
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administer oaths and affirmations, according to law, in all matters belonging or incident to the
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exercise of their notarial office. Any person who shall be convicted of having willfully and
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knowingly made or taken a false oath or affirmation before any notary in any matters with their
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, official duties shall be guilty of perjury and shall be subject to the penalties in such case made
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Power to take acknowledgement of instruments of writing relating to commerce or navigation
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and to make declarations - correct answer Notaries shall have the power to receive the proof
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of acknowledgement of all instruments of writing relating to commerce or navigation, such as
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bills of sales, bottomries, mortgages, and hypothecations of ships or vessels, charter parties
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or affreightment, letters of attorney and such other writings as have been usually proved or
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acknowledged before notaries within this commonwealth, and also to make declarations and b b b b b b b b b b b b




testify the truth thereof, under their seals of office, concerning all matters by them done in
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virtue of their respective office b b b b




Register, copies or records - correct answer A. Every notary public shall keep an accurate b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b




register of all official acts by him/her done by virtue of his/her office, and shall, when thereunto
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required, give a certified copy of any record in his/her office to any person applying for same.
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Said register shall contain the date of the act, the character of the act, the date and parties to
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the instrument, and the amount of fee collected for the service.
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B. The register and other public papers of such notary shall not in any case be liable to be
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seized, attached or taken in execution for debt or for any demand whatsoever
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Power to take depositions, affidavits, and acknowledgement of writings relative to lands -
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correct answer Notaries shall have power to take depositions and affidavits to take and
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receive the acknowledgement or proof of all deeds, conveyances, mortgages, or other
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instruments or writing touching or concerning any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, b b b b b b b b b b b




situate, lying and being in any part of this state b b b b b b b b b




Limitation on powers, fees - correct answer A. No district justice, holding at the same time the b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b




office of notary public, shall have jurisdiction in cases arising on papers or documents
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containing acts by him done in the office of notary public. b b b b b b b b b b




B. No notary public may act as such in any transaction in which he is a party directly or
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pecuniarily interested. For the purpose of this section, none of the following shall constitute a b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b




direct or pecuniary interest. b b b




1. Being a shareholder in a publicly traded company that is a party to do the notarized
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transaction

2. Being an officer, director or employee of a company that is a party to the notarized
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transaction, unless the director, officer or employee personally benefits from the transaction b b b b b b b b b b b b




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3. receiving a fee that is not contingent upon the completion of the notarized transaction.
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. Fees of the Notaries Public - correct answer The fees of notaries public shall be fixed by the
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Secretary of the Commonwealth with the approval of the Attorney General b b b b b b b b b b