NEVADA NOTARY EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Is it legal to notarize a document if acting in the capacity of an...
a. Attorney:
b. Insurer:
c. Employee: - ✔✔a. Yes
b. Yes
c. Yes (as long as you do not directly benefit)
✔✔May you notarize a signature on a document if you are named as a...
Attorney? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔May you notarize a signature on a document if you are named as a...
Insurer? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔May you notarize a signature on a document if you are named as a...
Employee? - ✔✔Yes (as long as you don't directly benefit)
✔✔What is one reason NOT to notarize for your spouse? - ✔✔Community Property
Laws
✔✔Jane Doe marries John Adeer, becoming Jan Doe-Adeer. What is the first thing she
must do for that name change? - ✔✔a. File a name change application with the
Secretary of State.
b. She will also need to refile her bond and obtain a new seal.
✔✔a. Your boss moved her business to a new county. What MUST you do?
b. What MUST you do with your oath and bond? - ✔✔a. Notify the secretary of state
b. NOTHING... re-filling in the new county is optional for an address change
✔✔What is the fine if you fail to notify the Secretary of State of a name or address
change? - ✔✔$500 fine (and a criminal infraction)
✔✔If a Notary dies, the personal representative must: - ✔✔a. Notify the secretary of
state IMMEDIATELY.
b. Turn in journals to the county clerk within 30 DAYS.
c. DESTROY the seal.
✔✔If requested by a peace officer, how soon must you surrender your journal? -
✔✔IMMEDIATELY
,✔✔How many days to notify the Secretary of State that you surrendered your journal? -
✔✔10 DAYS
✔✔Failure to surrender your journal to a peace officer could result in a civil penalty of...
- ✔✔$2,500
✔✔If your journal is seized by a peace officer, report the following info except which
one? (INPUT THE REST OF WHAT TO REPORT) - ✔✔Personal representative's name
✔✔If a journal is returned to you that has been surrendered to a peace officer, or has
been lost or stolen, can you use it? - ✔✔No, you must start a new journal
✔✔If you lose your journal or if it is stolen, what's the first thing you need to do? -
✔✔IMMEDIATELY notify the Secretary of State.
✔✔How do you always notify the Secretary of State? - ✔✔By certified mail or any
means of physical delivery with receipt
✔✔If an employer has paid for commission and supplies, the Notary and employer may
enter into a Limited Service Agreement, which means... - ✔✔Company documents on
company time
✔✔If the notary leaves that job, what must he do with his commission and supplies? -
✔✔Take them, they belong to the Notary
✔✔If a private employee notary resigns from his job, what must he do with his
commissions? - ✔✔Take it with him.
✔✔Must he leave the journal and seal with the employer who paid for them? - ✔✔No.
The Notary's commission and tools belong to the Notary.
✔✔What can Military-base notaries charge for notarizations? - ✔✔Nothing
✔✔Can military-base notaries notarize if transferred to another reserve? - ✔✔No. That
Notary must resign on the old base and reapply on the new base
✔✔Can a Notary working for the Public School District notarize privately after retiring
from the public agency? - ✔✔No. For a Public Employee Notary, commission ends
when employment ends
✔✔Can Public Employee Notaries charge fees? - ✔✔Yes, but the fees are remitted
back to the agency
, ✔✔What must be used to establish the identity of a signer for an ACKNOWLEDGMENT
or a JURAT? - ✔✔Satisfactory evidence
✔✔What 3 Types of identification constitutes satisfactory evidence? - ✔✔a. ID
documents
b. One credible witness known by the Notary
c. Two credible witnesses
✔✔What must the credible witnesses present to qualify? - ✔✔A valid ID document
✔✔He civil penalty for not seeing the ID is? - ✔✔$10,000—No ID=10Gs
✔✔Approved ID documents must be current, or if expired, ISSUED within the
previous____ - ✔✔5 years
✔✔Approved ID documents must have____ - ✔✔PPSS
a. Photo
b. Physical Description
c. Signature
d. Serial Number
✔✔The following IDs are acceptable as satisfactory evidence except which one?
a. Expired Washington DL issued in 2016
b. Foreign passport stamped by USCIS six years ago
c. Current Mexican DL
d. Current DL from Puerto Rico - ✔✔D
✔✔Which of these would NOT be acceptable?
a. Federal employee ID with PPSS
b. LAPD employee ID with PPSS
c. Tribal ID from federally recognized tribe with PPSS - ✔✔A
✔✔May an acknowledgment be executed if the document has blank spaces or missing
pages? - ✔✔No, the document must be complete
✔✔Who is responsible for completing the document? - ✔✔The signer
✔✔The following are required journal entries EXCEPT which one?
a. Date, time and type of each official act
b. Character of every instrument
c. Signature of the signer
d. Name and address of the signer - ✔✔d. Name and address of the signer
✔✔Do you need the signer's thumbprint in your journal for...
WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Is it legal to notarize a document if acting in the capacity of an...
a. Attorney:
b. Insurer:
c. Employee: - ✔✔a. Yes
b. Yes
c. Yes (as long as you do not directly benefit)
✔✔May you notarize a signature on a document if you are named as a...
Attorney? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔May you notarize a signature on a document if you are named as a...
Insurer? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔May you notarize a signature on a document if you are named as a...
Employee? - ✔✔Yes (as long as you don't directly benefit)
✔✔What is one reason NOT to notarize for your spouse? - ✔✔Community Property
Laws
✔✔Jane Doe marries John Adeer, becoming Jan Doe-Adeer. What is the first thing she
must do for that name change? - ✔✔a. File a name change application with the
Secretary of State.
b. She will also need to refile her bond and obtain a new seal.
✔✔a. Your boss moved her business to a new county. What MUST you do?
b. What MUST you do with your oath and bond? - ✔✔a. Notify the secretary of state
b. NOTHING... re-filling in the new county is optional for an address change
✔✔What is the fine if you fail to notify the Secretary of State of a name or address
change? - ✔✔$500 fine (and a criminal infraction)
✔✔If a Notary dies, the personal representative must: - ✔✔a. Notify the secretary of
state IMMEDIATELY.
b. Turn in journals to the county clerk within 30 DAYS.
c. DESTROY the seal.
✔✔If requested by a peace officer, how soon must you surrender your journal? -
✔✔IMMEDIATELY
,✔✔How many days to notify the Secretary of State that you surrendered your journal? -
✔✔10 DAYS
✔✔Failure to surrender your journal to a peace officer could result in a civil penalty of...
- ✔✔$2,500
✔✔If your journal is seized by a peace officer, report the following info except which
one? (INPUT THE REST OF WHAT TO REPORT) - ✔✔Personal representative's name
✔✔If a journal is returned to you that has been surrendered to a peace officer, or has
been lost or stolen, can you use it? - ✔✔No, you must start a new journal
✔✔If you lose your journal or if it is stolen, what's the first thing you need to do? -
✔✔IMMEDIATELY notify the Secretary of State.
✔✔How do you always notify the Secretary of State? - ✔✔By certified mail or any
means of physical delivery with receipt
✔✔If an employer has paid for commission and supplies, the Notary and employer may
enter into a Limited Service Agreement, which means... - ✔✔Company documents on
company time
✔✔If the notary leaves that job, what must he do with his commission and supplies? -
✔✔Take them, they belong to the Notary
✔✔If a private employee notary resigns from his job, what must he do with his
commissions? - ✔✔Take it with him.
✔✔Must he leave the journal and seal with the employer who paid for them? - ✔✔No.
The Notary's commission and tools belong to the Notary.
✔✔What can Military-base notaries charge for notarizations? - ✔✔Nothing
✔✔Can military-base notaries notarize if transferred to another reserve? - ✔✔No. That
Notary must resign on the old base and reapply on the new base
✔✔Can a Notary working for the Public School District notarize privately after retiring
from the public agency? - ✔✔No. For a Public Employee Notary, commission ends
when employment ends
✔✔Can Public Employee Notaries charge fees? - ✔✔Yes, but the fees are remitted
back to the agency
, ✔✔What must be used to establish the identity of a signer for an ACKNOWLEDGMENT
or a JURAT? - ✔✔Satisfactory evidence
✔✔What 3 Types of identification constitutes satisfactory evidence? - ✔✔a. ID
documents
b. One credible witness known by the Notary
c. Two credible witnesses
✔✔What must the credible witnesses present to qualify? - ✔✔A valid ID document
✔✔He civil penalty for not seeing the ID is? - ✔✔$10,000—No ID=10Gs
✔✔Approved ID documents must be current, or if expired, ISSUED within the
previous____ - ✔✔5 years
✔✔Approved ID documents must have____ - ✔✔PPSS
a. Photo
b. Physical Description
c. Signature
d. Serial Number
✔✔The following IDs are acceptable as satisfactory evidence except which one?
a. Expired Washington DL issued in 2016
b. Foreign passport stamped by USCIS six years ago
c. Current Mexican DL
d. Current DL from Puerto Rico - ✔✔D
✔✔Which of these would NOT be acceptable?
a. Federal employee ID with PPSS
b. LAPD employee ID with PPSS
c. Tribal ID from federally recognized tribe with PPSS - ✔✔A
✔✔May an acknowledgment be executed if the document has blank spaces or missing
pages? - ✔✔No, the document must be complete
✔✔Who is responsible for completing the document? - ✔✔The signer
✔✔The following are required journal entries EXCEPT which one?
a. Date, time and type of each official act
b. Character of every instrument
c. Signature of the signer
d. Name and address of the signer - ✔✔d. Name and address of the signer
✔✔Do you need the signer's thumbprint in your journal for...
