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Ohio Notary Public Exam Questions And
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Who appoints notaries public in Ohio? - Answer✔The Secretary of State
The minimum age for a person to be appointed and commissioned a notary public is ____. -
Answer✔18
If a person meets all other requirements for notary public may the following person become a
notary public? "An Ohio resident who is not an attorney." - Answer✔Yes
If a person meets all other requirements for notary public, may the following person become a
notary public? "An Ohio resident who is an attorney admitted to the practice of law in Ohio." -
Answer✔Yes
If an attorney is not an Ohio resident, but is admitted to practice law in Ohio and has his
principal place of business in Ohio, may he be appointed and commissioned a notary public in
Ohio? - Answer✔Yes - also if he has hos "primary practice in Ohio"
What power does the secretary of state have if he is presented with satisfactory evidence of
official misconduct or incapacity of a notary? - Answer✔Power to revoke the commission of the
notary.
Before being appointed a notary public, the applicant must provide to the secretary of state a
certificate from whom? - Answer✔A judge of an Ohio court of common please, court of
appeals, or supreme court.
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No judge or justice shall issue a certificate until the judge or justice is satisfied from personal
knowledge that the applicant possess the qualifications necessary to a proper discharge of the
duties of the office or ____________. - Answer✔Until the applicant has passed an examination
under any rules that the judge or justice may prescribe.
The county in which an attorney who is not a citizen of this state and who is a notary public has
the attorney's principal place of business or the attorney's primary practice shall be deemed the
county in which the attorney ___________________. - Answer✔Resides
The term of office of a notary is _____ years. - Answer✔5
A notary who violates his oath and is removed by the court of common please in the county in
which he resides is ineligible for appointment for how long? - Answer✔He is never eligible for
reappointment.
Before entering upon the duties of the notary public office, a notary must present his
commission with oath endorsed thereon, to the clerk of the court of common pleas of the
county where the notary public ____________. - Answer✔Resides.
If a notary legally changes his name or address after being commissioned, notary public must
notify the secretary of state and the appropriate clerk of courts within ____ days after the
change. - Answer✔30
A notary, other than an attorney, who resigns his commission shall deliver to the secretary of
state, a written notice indicating the effective dates of ____________________. -
Answer✔Resignation.
T/F? The seal must consist of the coat of arms of the state within a cercle one inch in diameter
and shall be surrounded by the words "notary public," "notarial seal," or words to that effect. -
Answer✔True. Also, it must have the name of the notary public and the words "State of Ohio."
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Ohio Notary Public Exam Questions And
Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass
Who appoints notaries public in Ohio? - Answer✔The Secretary of State
The minimum age for a person to be appointed and commissioned a notary public is ____. -
Answer✔18
If a person meets all other requirements for notary public may the following person become a
notary public? "An Ohio resident who is not an attorney." - Answer✔Yes
If a person meets all other requirements for notary public, may the following person become a
notary public? "An Ohio resident who is an attorney admitted to the practice of law in Ohio." -
Answer✔Yes
If an attorney is not an Ohio resident, but is admitted to practice law in Ohio and has his
principal place of business in Ohio, may he be appointed and commissioned a notary public in
Ohio? - Answer✔Yes - also if he has hos "primary practice in Ohio"
What power does the secretary of state have if he is presented with satisfactory evidence of
official misconduct or incapacity of a notary? - Answer✔Power to revoke the commission of the
notary.
Before being appointed a notary public, the applicant must provide to the secretary of state a
certificate from whom? - Answer✔A judge of an Ohio court of common please, court of
appeals, or supreme court.
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No judge or justice shall issue a certificate until the judge or justice is satisfied from personal
knowledge that the applicant possess the qualifications necessary to a proper discharge of the
duties of the office or ____________. - Answer✔Until the applicant has passed an examination
under any rules that the judge or justice may prescribe.
The county in which an attorney who is not a citizen of this state and who is a notary public has
the attorney's principal place of business or the attorney's primary practice shall be deemed the
county in which the attorney ___________________. - Answer✔Resides
The term of office of a notary is _____ years. - Answer✔5
A notary who violates his oath and is removed by the court of common please in the county in
which he resides is ineligible for appointment for how long? - Answer✔He is never eligible for
reappointment.
Before entering upon the duties of the notary public office, a notary must present his
commission with oath endorsed thereon, to the clerk of the court of common pleas of the
county where the notary public ____________. - Answer✔Resides.
If a notary legally changes his name or address after being commissioned, notary public must
notify the secretary of state and the appropriate clerk of courts within ____ days after the
change. - Answer✔30
A notary, other than an attorney, who resigns his commission shall deliver to the secretary of
state, a written notice indicating the effective dates of ____________________. -
Answer✔Resignation.
T/F? The seal must consist of the coat of arms of the state within a cercle one inch in diameter
and shall be surrounded by the words "notary public," "notarial seal," or words to that effect. -
Answer✔True. Also, it must have the name of the notary public and the words "State of Ohio."
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