PA Notary Public Exam Questions and Verified Detailed Answers

PA Notary Public Exam Questions and
Verified Detailed Answers

The Secretary of the Commonwealth is authorized to appoint and commission

notaries public for a term of ______ years from the date of appointment. - ✔✔4

years

Notary Public Law: Section 2

The jurisdiction of notaries public is coextensive with the boundaries of the

_________________. - ✔✔Commonwealth

Notary Public Law: Section 2

Any person who is _______ years of age or over, who resides or is employed

within this commonwealth and who is of good character, integrity and ability

shall be eligible for the office of notary public. - ✔✔18 years old

Notary Public Law: Section 3

Any person who is a notary public and who resides outside this Commonwealth

shall be deemed to have irrevocably appointed the

____________________________________________ as the person's agent upon

whom may be served any summons, subpoena, order or other process. -

✔✔Secretary of the Commonwealth

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,Notary Public Law: Section 3

Applications for appointment to the office of notary public shall be made to the

______________________________________________. - ✔✔Secretary of the

Commonwealth

Notary Public Law: Section 5

An applicant for notary public shall not have been convicted of or pled guilty or

"nolo contendere" to a felony or a lesser offense incompatible with the duties

of a notary public during the ______ year period preceding the date of the

application. - ✔✔5 years

Notary Public Law: Section 5

A notary applicant must complete at least _____ hours of approved notary

education within the _____ month period immediately preceding his

application. - ✔✔3 hours, 6 months

Notary Public Law: Section 5

Application for Reappointment.

Applications for reappointment to the office of notary public shall be filed at

least ______ months prior to the expiration of the commission under which the

notary is acting. - ✔✔2 months

Notary Public Law: Section 6
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,If the notary changes his office address within the Commonwealth, notice in

writing or electronically shall be given to the Secretary and the recorder of

deeds of the county of original appointment by the notary within _______ days

of such change. - ✔✔5 days

Notary Public Law: Section 7

A notary public vacates his office by removing the notary's residence and

_______________ address from the Commonwealth, and such removal shall

constitute a resignation from the office of notary public as of the date of

removal. - ✔✔business

Notary Public Law: Section 7

Every notary, upon appointment and prior to entering the duties of notary

public, shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office, and shall file a

surety bond, payable to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the amount of

$___________________. - ✔✔$10,000

Notary Public Law: Section 8

Every notary bond shall have as surety a duly authorized surety company

or__________ sufficient individual sureties, to be approved by the Secretary of

the Commonwealth, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of

the office of notary public. - ✔✔two
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, Notary Public Law: Section 8

The notary bond ensures the faithful performance of the notary's duties and the

delivery of notary's register and seal to the office of the recorder of deeds of the

proper county in case of the death, resignation or disqualification of the notary

within _______ days of such event. - ✔✔30 days

Notary Public Law: Section 8

The notary public bond, as well as the commission and oath of office, shall be

recorded in the __________________________________ of the county in which

the notary maintains an office at the time of appointment or reappointment. -

✔✔office of the recorder of deeds

Notary Public Law: Section 8

If a notary public fails to give bond and cause the bond and the commission and

oath to be recorded within _____ days after the beginning of the term, his

commission shall be null and void. - ✔✔45 days

Notary Public Law: Section 8

The official notary signature shall be registered, in the "Notary Register" in the

prothonotary's office of county where the notary maintains an office, within

______ days after appointment or reappointment. - ✔✔45 days

Notary Public Law: Section 9
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