NEVADA NOTARY COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔If a signer presents an already-signed document with notarial wording for a standard
jurat on it: - ✔✔The signer must re-sign the document in your presence.
✔✔If preprinted notarial wording names two signers but only one is present before you:
- ✔✔You must line through the absent signer's name and initial the change.
✔✔If the notarial wording is missing a required element: - ✔✔You must add the missing
element.
✔✔You may notarize the signature of a subscribing witness only if: - ✔✔The
subscribing witness saw the principal signer sign the document.
The subscribing witness personally appears before you, the original notarial act on the
document was an acknowledgment.
✔✔Every journal entry you make must include: - ✔✔The type of notarial act you
performed.
✔✔If a Notary is found guilty of official misconduct: - ✔✔The Secretary of State may
suspend or revoke the Notary's appointment.
✔✔You may change an additional fee for travel if: - ✔✔The request for travel comes
from the person requesting the notarization, you tell the person requesting the
notarization that a travel fee is not required by law, and the person requesting the
notarization agrees in advance to your hourly rate.
✔✔You must keep your Notary supplies in: - ✔✔Your sole control at all times.
✔✔You always should note it in your journal if: - ✔✔You refused to perform the
notarization, you administered an oath or affirmation as part of the notarial act, and you
edited out of the notarial wording the name(s) of any absent signer(s).
✔✔If the words, "true and correct copy" appear in the notarial wording on the document,
you need to perform: - ✔✔A copy certification.
✔✔When you perform a standard jurat: - ✔✔The signer must sign the document in your
presence, the signer must swear of affirm that the contents of the document are true,
and you must identify the signer.
✔✔Ways to protect yourself from liability include: - ✔✔Knowing Nevada's Notary laws,
keeping a detailed and accurate journal, and following consistent procedures.
, ✔✔In addition to your official signature and stamp, all notarial wording must include: -
✔✔The name of the person for whom the notarial act was performed.
The state and county in which the notarization takes place, the date of the notarization,
and the name of the person for whom the notarial act was performed.
✔✔If a signer presents an ID card issued to "Jeff Sharp" but is named in his document
as "Jeffrey Sharp," you must: - ✔✔Refuse to perform the notarization: The ID card
doesn't sufficiently identify the signer.
enter "Jeffrey Sharp" in the notarial wording and your journal.
✔✔For a certified copy: - ✔✔You may charge $2.50, whatever the number of pages.
✔✔When a person asks you to certify a copy of a document, that person: - ✔✔Must
present the original and you must make the copy.
✔✔Three people bring you a document to notarize; all three of them will sign it. In your
journal: - ✔✔You must make three entries but may use ditto marks for the information
that is the same for all three signers, then have each signer sign his or her entry
separately.
✔✔If you use a credible witness to identify a document signer, the witness must: -
✔✔Personally know the signer.
✔✔If you perform an acknowledgment for a vice president who is signing on behalf of
her corporation, you must complete notarial wording: - ✔✔For someone signing in a
representative capacity.
✔✔If you must attach notarial wording on a separate piece of paper, you must: -
✔✔Staple the notarial wording to the document, write a description of the document on
the notarial wording, and note on the document that the notarial wording is attached.
✔✔The venue on the notarial wording is the state and county: - ✔✔Where the
notarization is being performed.
✔✔T or F: A notarization legalizes a document. - ✔✔False.
✔✔T or F: A Notary Public is an official of integrity. - ✔✔True
✔✔T or F: You may identify someone based on personal knowledge, a credible witness,
and an approved government issued ID. - ✔✔True
✔✔T or F: You may accept a Nevada Driver Authorization Card to verify a document
signer's identity. - ✔✔False
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔If a signer presents an already-signed document with notarial wording for a standard
jurat on it: - ✔✔The signer must re-sign the document in your presence.
✔✔If preprinted notarial wording names two signers but only one is present before you:
- ✔✔You must line through the absent signer's name and initial the change.
✔✔If the notarial wording is missing a required element: - ✔✔You must add the missing
element.
✔✔You may notarize the signature of a subscribing witness only if: - ✔✔The
subscribing witness saw the principal signer sign the document.
The subscribing witness personally appears before you, the original notarial act on the
document was an acknowledgment.
✔✔Every journal entry you make must include: - ✔✔The type of notarial act you
performed.
✔✔If a Notary is found guilty of official misconduct: - ✔✔The Secretary of State may
suspend or revoke the Notary's appointment.
✔✔You may change an additional fee for travel if: - ✔✔The request for travel comes
from the person requesting the notarization, you tell the person requesting the
notarization that a travel fee is not required by law, and the person requesting the
notarization agrees in advance to your hourly rate.
✔✔You must keep your Notary supplies in: - ✔✔Your sole control at all times.
✔✔You always should note it in your journal if: - ✔✔You refused to perform the
notarization, you administered an oath or affirmation as part of the notarial act, and you
edited out of the notarial wording the name(s) of any absent signer(s).
✔✔If the words, "true and correct copy" appear in the notarial wording on the document,
you need to perform: - ✔✔A copy certification.
✔✔When you perform a standard jurat: - ✔✔The signer must sign the document in your
presence, the signer must swear of affirm that the contents of the document are true,
and you must identify the signer.
✔✔Ways to protect yourself from liability include: - ✔✔Knowing Nevada's Notary laws,
keeping a detailed and accurate journal, and following consistent procedures.
, ✔✔In addition to your official signature and stamp, all notarial wording must include: -
✔✔The name of the person for whom the notarial act was performed.
The state and county in which the notarization takes place, the date of the notarization,
and the name of the person for whom the notarial act was performed.
✔✔If a signer presents an ID card issued to "Jeff Sharp" but is named in his document
as "Jeffrey Sharp," you must: - ✔✔Refuse to perform the notarization: The ID card
doesn't sufficiently identify the signer.
enter "Jeffrey Sharp" in the notarial wording and your journal.
✔✔For a certified copy: - ✔✔You may charge $2.50, whatever the number of pages.
✔✔When a person asks you to certify a copy of a document, that person: - ✔✔Must
present the original and you must make the copy.
✔✔Three people bring you a document to notarize; all three of them will sign it. In your
journal: - ✔✔You must make three entries but may use ditto marks for the information
that is the same for all three signers, then have each signer sign his or her entry
separately.
✔✔If you use a credible witness to identify a document signer, the witness must: -
✔✔Personally know the signer.
✔✔If you perform an acknowledgment for a vice president who is signing on behalf of
her corporation, you must complete notarial wording: - ✔✔For someone signing in a
representative capacity.
✔✔If you must attach notarial wording on a separate piece of paper, you must: -
✔✔Staple the notarial wording to the document, write a description of the document on
the notarial wording, and note on the document that the notarial wording is attached.
✔✔The venue on the notarial wording is the state and county: - ✔✔Where the
notarization is being performed.
✔✔T or F: A notarization legalizes a document. - ✔✔False.
✔✔T or F: A Notary Public is an official of integrity. - ✔✔True
✔✔T or F: You may identify someone based on personal knowledge, a credible witness,
and an approved government issued ID. - ✔✔True
✔✔T or F: You may accept a Nevada Driver Authorization Card to verify a document
signer's identity. - ✔✔False
