NEVADA NOTARY EVALUATION EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔satisfactory evidence - ✔✔acceptable identification of an individual not personally
known to the notary. identification must have a photograph, physical description, and
personal data about the individual, such as height, date of birth, and is preferably
government-issued
✔✔subscribe - ✔✔to sign a document
✔✔swear - ✔✔to take an oath
✔✔testator - ✔✔person making a will
✔✔UPL - ✔✔an abbreviation for the Unlicensed Practice of Law". notaries should
proceed with extreme caution whenever asked to perform duties that appear to have a
legal implication
✔✔venue - ✔✔the location (state and county) the notarial act actually takes place. State
in the following form:
state of
county of
✔✔will - ✔✔an instrument by which an individual makes a disposition of his/her real and
personal property, to take effect after his/her death
✔✔oath - ✔✔person swears by religion or to a higher power
✔✔affirmation - ✔✔person signs by own honor
✔✔acknowlegement - ✔✔states that client appeared before the notary
✔✔constituents - ✔✔people who seek a notary's services
✔✔notary - ✔✔a public official, not a public employee
✔✔can a notary refuse to act? - ✔✔only with good cause
✔✔can a notary certify a copy of an official document as true - ✔✔no
✔✔banking notaries - ✔✔sometimes certify a listing of the contents of a safe deposit
box when it is opened by a court order
✔✔notaries may not - ✔✔-give legal advice unless they are a lawyer
, -ask for and get legal business
-divide or agree to divide fees with a lawyer
-advertise more rights than they actually have as a notary
-execute an acknowledgement of the execution of a will
-act on a case where they would benefit from the transaction
✔✔a person can't be a notary if they've been convicted of a felony - ✔✔...
✔✔who can be a notary? - ✔✔-members of the NY legislature
-commissioners of elections or inspectors of election
-one staff member of the county clerk's office
✔✔who can't be a notary? - ✔✔-someone convicted of a felony
-no person removed from the office of commissioner of deeds for NYC
-convicted draft dodgers
-sheriffs
✔✔fraud - ✔✔misrepresentation as a notary or fraud committed by a notary is a
misdemeanor punishable by up to 12 months in jail not a state prison
✔✔professional conduct statements - ✔✔-do you solemnly swear that the contents of
this affidavit subscribed by you is correct and true?
-do you solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm that the statements made by
you are true and correct?
-I may not give advice on the law
-I may not ask for and get legal business
-I may not divide or agree to divide
-I may not advertise in, or circulate more power than I was appointed
✔✔the secretary of state may appoint and commission as many notaries public as they
want - ✔✔...
✔✔the appointment of a notary public is a 4 year term - ✔✔...
✔✔every person appointed as a notary public must, at the time of appointment, be a US
citizen and a resident of NY or have a business in NY. - ✔✔...
✔✔a non resident who accepts the office of notary public in this state thereby appoints
the secretary o state as the person upon whom process can be served on his or her
behalf. the secretary of state must verify that the applicant is of good moral character,
has the equivalent of a common school education and is familiar with the duties and
responsibilities of a notary public - ✔✔...
WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔satisfactory evidence - ✔✔acceptable identification of an individual not personally
known to the notary. identification must have a photograph, physical description, and
personal data about the individual, such as height, date of birth, and is preferably
government-issued
✔✔subscribe - ✔✔to sign a document
✔✔swear - ✔✔to take an oath
✔✔testator - ✔✔person making a will
✔✔UPL - ✔✔an abbreviation for the Unlicensed Practice of Law". notaries should
proceed with extreme caution whenever asked to perform duties that appear to have a
legal implication
✔✔venue - ✔✔the location (state and county) the notarial act actually takes place. State
in the following form:
state of
county of
✔✔will - ✔✔an instrument by which an individual makes a disposition of his/her real and
personal property, to take effect after his/her death
✔✔oath - ✔✔person swears by religion or to a higher power
✔✔affirmation - ✔✔person signs by own honor
✔✔acknowlegement - ✔✔states that client appeared before the notary
✔✔constituents - ✔✔people who seek a notary's services
✔✔notary - ✔✔a public official, not a public employee
✔✔can a notary refuse to act? - ✔✔only with good cause
✔✔can a notary certify a copy of an official document as true - ✔✔no
✔✔banking notaries - ✔✔sometimes certify a listing of the contents of a safe deposit
box when it is opened by a court order
✔✔notaries may not - ✔✔-give legal advice unless they are a lawyer
, -ask for and get legal business
-divide or agree to divide fees with a lawyer
-advertise more rights than they actually have as a notary
-execute an acknowledgement of the execution of a will
-act on a case where they would benefit from the transaction
✔✔a person can't be a notary if they've been convicted of a felony - ✔✔...
✔✔who can be a notary? - ✔✔-members of the NY legislature
-commissioners of elections or inspectors of election
-one staff member of the county clerk's office
✔✔who can't be a notary? - ✔✔-someone convicted of a felony
-no person removed from the office of commissioner of deeds for NYC
-convicted draft dodgers
-sheriffs
✔✔fraud - ✔✔misrepresentation as a notary or fraud committed by a notary is a
misdemeanor punishable by up to 12 months in jail not a state prison
✔✔professional conduct statements - ✔✔-do you solemnly swear that the contents of
this affidavit subscribed by you is correct and true?
-do you solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm that the statements made by
you are true and correct?
-I may not give advice on the law
-I may not ask for and get legal business
-I may not divide or agree to divide
-I may not advertise in, or circulate more power than I was appointed
✔✔the secretary of state may appoint and commission as many notaries public as they
want - ✔✔...
✔✔the appointment of a notary public is a 4 year term - ✔✔...
✔✔every person appointed as a notary public must, at the time of appointment, be a US
citizen and a resident of NY or have a business in NY. - ✔✔...
✔✔a non resident who accepts the office of notary public in this state thereby appoints
the secretary o state as the person upon whom process can be served on his or her
behalf. the secretary of state must verify that the applicant is of good moral character,
has the equivalent of a common school education and is familiar with the duties and
responsibilities of a notary public - ✔✔...
