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NY Notary Public Exam Questions with
100% Correct Answers | Verified |
Updated (Actual Exam)
Acknowledgement - (ANSWER)A formal declaration before a duly authorized
officer by a person who has executed an instrument that such execution is his act
and deed.
Administrator - (ANSWER)A person appointed by the court to manage the estate
of a deceased person who left no will.
Affiant - (ANSWER)The person who makes and subscribes his signature to an
affidavit.
Affidavit - (ANSWER)A signed statement, duly sworn to, by the maker thereof,
before a notary public or other officer authorized to administer oaths.
Affirmation - (ANSWER)A solemn declaration made by a persons who
conscientiously decline taking an oath; it is equivalent to an oath and is just as
binding; if a person has religious or conscientious scruples against taking an oath.
Apostile - (ANSWER)Department of State authentication attached to a notarized
and county-certified document for possible international use.
Attest - (ANSWER)To witness the execution of a written instrument, at the
request of the person who makes it, and subscribe the same as a witness.
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Attestation Clause - (ANSWER)The clause (ex. at the end of a will) wherein the
witnesses certify that the instrument has been executed before them, and the
manner of the execution of the same.
Authentication (Notarial) - (ANSWER)A certificate subjoined by a county clerk to
any certificate of proof or acknowledgment or oath signed by a notary; this
county clerk's certificate authenticates or verifies the authority of the notary
public to act as such.
Bill of Sale - (ANSWER)A written instrument given to pass title of personal
property from vendor to vendee.
Certified Copy - (ANSWER)A copy of a public record signed and certified as a true
copy by the public official having custody of the original. A notary public has no
authority to issue certified copies.
Chattel - (ANSWER)Personal property, such as household goods or fixtures.
Chattel Paper - (ANSWER)A writing or writings which evidence both an obligation
to pay money and a security interest in a lease or specific goods. The agreement
which creates or provides for the security interest is known as a security
agreement.
Codicil - (ANSWER)An instrument made subsequent to a will and modifying it in
some respects.
NY Notary Public Exam Questions with
100% Correct Answers | Verified |
Updated (Actual Exam)
Acknowledgement - (ANSWER)A formal declaration before a duly authorized
officer by a person who has executed an instrument that such execution is his act
and deed.
Administrator - (ANSWER)A person appointed by the court to manage the estate
of a deceased person who left no will.
Affiant - (ANSWER)The person who makes and subscribes his signature to an
affidavit.
Affidavit - (ANSWER)A signed statement, duly sworn to, by the maker thereof,
before a notary public or other officer authorized to administer oaths.
Affirmation - (ANSWER)A solemn declaration made by a persons who
conscientiously decline taking an oath; it is equivalent to an oath and is just as
binding; if a person has religious or conscientious scruples against taking an oath.
Apostile - (ANSWER)Department of State authentication attached to a notarized
and county-certified document for possible international use.
Attest - (ANSWER)To witness the execution of a written instrument, at the
request of the person who makes it, and subscribe the same as a witness.
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Attestation Clause - (ANSWER)The clause (ex. at the end of a will) wherein the
witnesses certify that the instrument has been executed before them, and the
manner of the execution of the same.
Authentication (Notarial) - (ANSWER)A certificate subjoined by a county clerk to
any certificate of proof or acknowledgment or oath signed by a notary; this
county clerk's certificate authenticates or verifies the authority of the notary
public to act as such.
Bill of Sale - (ANSWER)A written instrument given to pass title of personal
property from vendor to vendee.
Certified Copy - (ANSWER)A copy of a public record signed and certified as a true
copy by the public official having custody of the original. A notary public has no
authority to issue certified copies.
Chattel - (ANSWER)Personal property, such as household goods or fixtures.
Chattel Paper - (ANSWER)A writing or writings which evidence both an obligation
to pay money and a security interest in a lease or specific goods. The agreement
which creates or provides for the security interest is known as a security
agreement.
Codicil - (ANSWER)An instrument made subsequent to a will and modifying it in
some respects.
