Notary FINAL Exam 2 QUESTIONS AND 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS////UPDATED VERSION 2025
If you are a notary commissioned by the State of
California on July 1st, 2015 and you do not renew your
commission, which of the following is the first day you
would be in violation of the law if you were to
acknowledge a signature?
Select one:
a. July 1st, 2018
b. July 2, 2019
c. July 1st, 2019
d. July 1st, 2018=====c.
This question makes you know two things:
1. The Commission Term (4 years)
2. The fact that you cannot perform service after your
commission expires.
,Your commission starts at 12:00am on the start date and
ends at 11:59:59pm the last day of the commission. If
you were allowed to perform notary service on the 4 year
anniversary date, that would be 4 years and 1 day, which
is against statute.
In this scenario, the last day you could legally perform
notary service is June 30th, 2019 until midnight.
The correct answer is: July 1st, 2019
Every notary is required to have a bond. What is the
purpose of the bond and who does the bond protect?
Select one:
a. The bond is an insurance policy that covers the notary
in the event that they make a mistake.
,b. The $15,000 bond is purchased from a surety insurer
licensed to sell bonds in California and it protects the
public for claims against the notary up to $15,000.
c. There is no limit as to how much the bonding company
will have to pay and the bond protects both the notary
and the public.
d. None of the above are true.=====b
The bond protects the public up to $15,000. The notary is
still responsible to pay any judgments against them.
The correct answer is: The $15,000 bond is purchased
from a surety insurer licensed to sell bonds in California
and it protects the public for claims against the notary up
to $15,000.
The legislators in the State of California realized there
was a need for notaries public to be adequately trained
to insure that the laws were being followed. In order to
do this they passed a law. Which of the following would
best describe what that law said?
, Select one:
a. The test was to be rewritten and made more difficult
and made available in all different languages that are
spoken in California.
b. All new and renewing notaries would have to have a
six hour training course by state approved education
vendor.
c. After the taking the initial six hour course, a three hour
course would be required for renewing notaries.
d. Both B and C are correct.=====c After the taking the
initial six hour course, a three hour course would be
required for renewing notaries.
A notary is considered to have a disqualifying interest
when acting as:
Select one:
a. An employee notarizing for an employer.
b. A real estate agent selling a condominium.
c. A mortgagor in a real estate transaction.
d. An attorney who has drafted papers for a client.=====c
ANSWERS////UPDATED VERSION 2025
If you are a notary commissioned by the State of
California on July 1st, 2015 and you do not renew your
commission, which of the following is the first day you
would be in violation of the law if you were to
acknowledge a signature?
Select one:
a. July 1st, 2018
b. July 2, 2019
c. July 1st, 2019
d. July 1st, 2018=====c.
This question makes you know two things:
1. The Commission Term (4 years)
2. The fact that you cannot perform service after your
commission expires.
,Your commission starts at 12:00am on the start date and
ends at 11:59:59pm the last day of the commission. If
you were allowed to perform notary service on the 4 year
anniversary date, that would be 4 years and 1 day, which
is against statute.
In this scenario, the last day you could legally perform
notary service is June 30th, 2019 until midnight.
The correct answer is: July 1st, 2019
Every notary is required to have a bond. What is the
purpose of the bond and who does the bond protect?
Select one:
a. The bond is an insurance policy that covers the notary
in the event that they make a mistake.
,b. The $15,000 bond is purchased from a surety insurer
licensed to sell bonds in California and it protects the
public for claims against the notary up to $15,000.
c. There is no limit as to how much the bonding company
will have to pay and the bond protects both the notary
and the public.
d. None of the above are true.=====b
The bond protects the public up to $15,000. The notary is
still responsible to pay any judgments against them.
The correct answer is: The $15,000 bond is purchased
from a surety insurer licensed to sell bonds in California
and it protects the public for claims against the notary up
to $15,000.
The legislators in the State of California realized there
was a need for notaries public to be adequately trained
to insure that the laws were being followed. In order to
do this they passed a law. Which of the following would
best describe what that law said?
, Select one:
a. The test was to be rewritten and made more difficult
and made available in all different languages that are
spoken in California.
b. All new and renewing notaries would have to have a
six hour training course by state approved education
vendor.
c. After the taking the initial six hour course, a three hour
course would be required for renewing notaries.
d. Both B and C are correct.=====c After the taking the
initial six hour course, a three hour course would be
required for renewing notaries.
A notary is considered to have a disqualifying interest
when acting as:
Select one:
a. An employee notarizing for an employer.
b. A real estate agent selling a condominium.
c. A mortgagor in a real estate transaction.
d. An attorney who has drafted papers for a client.=====c
