NNA COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔True/False: Subdivision maps require the Notary's business address in the lower left
corner* - ✔✔False
✔✔Is a California Notary ever allowed to use an interpreter? - ✔✔No, you must have
direct communication with your signer.
✔✔True/False: The Notary certificate must be in English because a Notary must
understand what they are certifying.* - ✔✔True
✔✔Your friend needs a notarization, but she can only make a mark to execute the
document. What can you do? - ✔✔Use two witnesses to witness the 'signature by mark'
✔✔In a signature by mark, what must the Notary determine? - ✔✔The signers identity
✔✔A notary's principal place of business has changed to Ventura. What must the
Notary do? - ✔✔Pay no fees.
✔✔If the Secretary of State requests information about an entry in your journal, when
do you have to reply? - ✔✔30 days.
✔✔Notary Fees: Acknowledgement - ✔✔$15
✔✔Notary Fees: Jurats - ✔✔$15 per individual taking oath or affirmation and certificate
✔✔Notary Fees: Depositions - ✔✔$30- for all deposition services
$7- for oath
$7- for certificate
✔✔Notary Fees: Certified Copies of Power of Attorney - ✔✔$15 for each power of
attorney
✔✔Notary Fees: Copies of Journal Entry - ✔✔$0.30
✔✔Is a Notary required to charge a fee? - ✔✔No.
✔✔Can a Notary charge for notarizing military pension, allotment, insurance, or
veterans benefits? - ✔✔No.
✔✔Can a Notary charge a veteran? - ✔✔Yes, as long as the documents do not involve
veteran benefits, military pension, allotment, or insurance.
, ✔✔Pattis is a Notary Public. Her office door has a sign that reads, "Notary Public." Mr.
Montez asks Patti for assistance with citizenship forms. He located her on a website
that says she is a bonded "Immigration Specialist" Is Patti acting within notarial law? -
✔✔Yes, she may not advertise as an immigrant specialist.
✔✔Your employer paid for your Notary commission and your bond. She asks you to
notarize only business documents while you are at work. What type of provision is this?
- ✔✔A limited service agreement.
✔✔In order to provide a member of the public with a copy of a journal item entry, a
California Notary must require a written request containing what information? - ✔✔Type
of document, months and year of notarization and name of the signer.
✔✔A signer comes to you and asks you to notarize his signature on a statement and
give him an oath. What type of notarization is this? - ✔✔Jurat.
✔✔California acknowledgment wording must be used for all documents filed in: -
✔✔The state of California.
✔✔A signer brings you a document from out of state. The document will be filed in New
York. The acknowledgement wording is as follows: "On today's date before me [Name
of Notary], personally appeared John Smith, attorney-in-fact of Mary Smith known to me
..." As a California Notary, can you use the wording provided or do you need to attach a
California Certificate form? - ✔✔Since the wording mentions representative capacity,
use a CA certificate form.
✔✔How is the Subscribing Witness identified? - ✔✔By one credible witness
✔✔A Notary may only certify a copy of a journal item entry upon receipt of which of the
following: - ✔✔A subpoena, A court order, A written request by the Secretary of State
✔✔Is making a false statement to a Notary in relation to a grant deed a felony offense?
- ✔✔Yes
✔✔On which document may you NOT perform a proof of execution? - ✔✔Quitclaim
deed.
✔✔A proof of execution can replace only what notarial act? - ✔✔Acknowledgement
✔✔A Notary may not certify a copy of a: - ✔✔Journal entry requested by a member of
the public
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔True/False: Subdivision maps require the Notary's business address in the lower left
corner* - ✔✔False
✔✔Is a California Notary ever allowed to use an interpreter? - ✔✔No, you must have
direct communication with your signer.
✔✔True/False: The Notary certificate must be in English because a Notary must
understand what they are certifying.* - ✔✔True
✔✔Your friend needs a notarization, but she can only make a mark to execute the
document. What can you do? - ✔✔Use two witnesses to witness the 'signature by mark'
✔✔In a signature by mark, what must the Notary determine? - ✔✔The signers identity
✔✔A notary's principal place of business has changed to Ventura. What must the
Notary do? - ✔✔Pay no fees.
✔✔If the Secretary of State requests information about an entry in your journal, when
do you have to reply? - ✔✔30 days.
✔✔Notary Fees: Acknowledgement - ✔✔$15
✔✔Notary Fees: Jurats - ✔✔$15 per individual taking oath or affirmation and certificate
✔✔Notary Fees: Depositions - ✔✔$30- for all deposition services
$7- for oath
$7- for certificate
✔✔Notary Fees: Certified Copies of Power of Attorney - ✔✔$15 for each power of
attorney
✔✔Notary Fees: Copies of Journal Entry - ✔✔$0.30
✔✔Is a Notary required to charge a fee? - ✔✔No.
✔✔Can a Notary charge for notarizing military pension, allotment, insurance, or
veterans benefits? - ✔✔No.
✔✔Can a Notary charge a veteran? - ✔✔Yes, as long as the documents do not involve
veteran benefits, military pension, allotment, or insurance.
, ✔✔Pattis is a Notary Public. Her office door has a sign that reads, "Notary Public." Mr.
Montez asks Patti for assistance with citizenship forms. He located her on a website
that says she is a bonded "Immigration Specialist" Is Patti acting within notarial law? -
✔✔Yes, she may not advertise as an immigrant specialist.
✔✔Your employer paid for your Notary commission and your bond. She asks you to
notarize only business documents while you are at work. What type of provision is this?
- ✔✔A limited service agreement.
✔✔In order to provide a member of the public with a copy of a journal item entry, a
California Notary must require a written request containing what information? - ✔✔Type
of document, months and year of notarization and name of the signer.
✔✔A signer comes to you and asks you to notarize his signature on a statement and
give him an oath. What type of notarization is this? - ✔✔Jurat.
✔✔California acknowledgment wording must be used for all documents filed in: -
✔✔The state of California.
✔✔A signer brings you a document from out of state. The document will be filed in New
York. The acknowledgement wording is as follows: "On today's date before me [Name
of Notary], personally appeared John Smith, attorney-in-fact of Mary Smith known to me
..." As a California Notary, can you use the wording provided or do you need to attach a
California Certificate form? - ✔✔Since the wording mentions representative capacity,
use a CA certificate form.
✔✔How is the Subscribing Witness identified? - ✔✔By one credible witness
✔✔A Notary may only certify a copy of a journal item entry upon receipt of which of the
following: - ✔✔A subpoena, A court order, A written request by the Secretary of State
✔✔Is making a false statement to a Notary in relation to a grant deed a felony offense?
- ✔✔Yes
✔✔On which document may you NOT perform a proof of execution? - ✔✔Quitclaim
deed.
✔✔A proof of execution can replace only what notarial act? - ✔✔Acknowledgement
✔✔A Notary may not certify a copy of a: - ✔✔Journal entry requested by a member of
the public
