Montana Notary Final Exam Newest 2025/2026 Complete ALL
200 Questions And Correct Detailed Answers (Verified
Answers) |Brand New Version
1) If a Notary refuses to notarize an affidavit presented for notary
services. What is the potential maximum jail sentence?
A. One month.
B. Three months
C. Six months.
D. One Year - 100 correct answer as-D. One year
2) The notary certificate of a witness to the execution of a real
estate conveyance is called a:
A. Qualified resident.
B. Official Character
C. Proof certificate
D. None of the above - 100 correct answer as-C. Proof
Certificate
3) Which of the following is a requirement to become a Notary
Public in New York?
A) Be at least 18 years old.
B) No special education or common school level
C) Be a resident and or a qualified non-resident resident
D) All the above. - 100 correct answer as-D. All of the
above
4) If a Notary moves to another state but still works in NYS
he/she:
A) Will pay an additional $15 out of state fee
B) No longer is qualified
C) Must get NY driver's license
,D) Still is a qualified non-resident-resident". - 100 correct
answer as-D) Still is a qualified non-resident-resident".
5) Which of the following are errors a notary can make that will
not make the foregoing instrument get unrecorded?
A) If the Notary Public was purporting to be a notary but was not
licensed.
B) If the Notary Public commission was expired.
C) If a New York Notary notarizes in another state.
D) All the above. - 100 correct answer as-D. All the above
6) If your neighbor you know asks you to notarize an affidavit you
must?
A) Administer an Oath of office.
B) Administer an Oath & fill out the Jurat.
C) Require a government issued, photo identification.
D) Do a Protest for Non Payment certificate. - 100 correct
answer as-B) Administer an Oath & fill out the Jurat.
7) What is the name of the location where the Notary notarizes
something?
A) Protest for non-payment
B) Venue.
C) Affidavit
D) Mobile Notary - 100 correct answer as-B. Venue
8) Which of the following activities may a non-attorney Notary
perform?
A) Explain to people what they are signing.
B) Make a certified original certificate on a government document
photocopy.
C) Contracts of marriage within NY State borders.
,D) Administer an oath of office for a military officer. - 100
correct answer as-D) Administer an oath of office for a
military officer
9) What is the County Clerk fee for a certificate of Official
Character?
A) $200
B) $5.00
C) $11.00
D) No charge because it's a free service to the general public. -
100 correct answer as-B. $5
10) Which of the following acts can be performed by a Notary
Public on Sunday?
A) Certified original certificate of government doc photocopy.
B) Affidavit
C) Someone's signature to their own will by non-attorney notary.
D) A contract of marriage - 100 correct answer as-B.
Affidavit
11) What is every instrument in writing, except a will that transfers
real estate interests?
A) Conveyance
B) Escrow
C) Vendor receipt
D) Duress - 100 correct answer as-A. Conveyance
12) Latin name for the words, "Sworn to before me this _______
day of ______".
A) Pro Se
B) The Oath.
C) The Affirmation.
D) Jurat - 100 correct answer as-D.Jurat
, 13) What is a conflict of interest?
A) Knowing the affiant personally.
B) When you like somebody.
C) When the document is from your company.
D) Legal Consideration - 100 correct answer as-D. Legal
Consideration
14) A deponent is?
A) One named in a will to carry out the provisions.
B) The testimony of a witness taken out of court under
oath/affirmation.
C) An agreement.
D) Someone ordered to a hearing out of court called a
deposition. - 100 correct answer as-D) Someone ordered to
a hearing out of court called a deposition.
15) What is the notary fee for a protest of non-payment?
A) .75 cents for the first one and .10 cents thereafter limit of 5
B) $25
C) $5
D) $10 - 100 correct answer as-A) .75 cents for the first one
and .10 cents thereafter limit of 5
16) What is the name of what a Notary places below the Notary
signature?
A) Seal
B) Stamp
C) Statement of Authority
D) Certification - 100 correct answer as-C. Statement of
Authority
17) Who approves the appointment of a Notary Public?
A) The name appointed under and no other.
200 Questions And Correct Detailed Answers (Verified
Answers) |Brand New Version
1) If a Notary refuses to notarize an affidavit presented for notary
services. What is the potential maximum jail sentence?
A. One month.
B. Three months
C. Six months.
D. One Year - 100 correct answer as-D. One year
2) The notary certificate of a witness to the execution of a real
estate conveyance is called a:
A. Qualified resident.
B. Official Character
C. Proof certificate
D. None of the above - 100 correct answer as-C. Proof
Certificate
3) Which of the following is a requirement to become a Notary
Public in New York?
A) Be at least 18 years old.
B) No special education or common school level
C) Be a resident and or a qualified non-resident resident
D) All the above. - 100 correct answer as-D. All of the
above
4) If a Notary moves to another state but still works in NYS
he/she:
A) Will pay an additional $15 out of state fee
B) No longer is qualified
C) Must get NY driver's license
,D) Still is a qualified non-resident-resident". - 100 correct
answer as-D) Still is a qualified non-resident-resident".
5) Which of the following are errors a notary can make that will
not make the foregoing instrument get unrecorded?
A) If the Notary Public was purporting to be a notary but was not
licensed.
B) If the Notary Public commission was expired.
C) If a New York Notary notarizes in another state.
D) All the above. - 100 correct answer as-D. All the above
6) If your neighbor you know asks you to notarize an affidavit you
must?
A) Administer an Oath of office.
B) Administer an Oath & fill out the Jurat.
C) Require a government issued, photo identification.
D) Do a Protest for Non Payment certificate. - 100 correct
answer as-B) Administer an Oath & fill out the Jurat.
7) What is the name of the location where the Notary notarizes
something?
A) Protest for non-payment
B) Venue.
C) Affidavit
D) Mobile Notary - 100 correct answer as-B. Venue
8) Which of the following activities may a non-attorney Notary
perform?
A) Explain to people what they are signing.
B) Make a certified original certificate on a government document
photocopy.
C) Contracts of marriage within NY State borders.
,D) Administer an oath of office for a military officer. - 100
correct answer as-D) Administer an oath of office for a
military officer
9) What is the County Clerk fee for a certificate of Official
Character?
A) $200
B) $5.00
C) $11.00
D) No charge because it's a free service to the general public. -
100 correct answer as-B. $5
10) Which of the following acts can be performed by a Notary
Public on Sunday?
A) Certified original certificate of government doc photocopy.
B) Affidavit
C) Someone's signature to their own will by non-attorney notary.
D) A contract of marriage - 100 correct answer as-B.
Affidavit
11) What is every instrument in writing, except a will that transfers
real estate interests?
A) Conveyance
B) Escrow
C) Vendor receipt
D) Duress - 100 correct answer as-A. Conveyance
12) Latin name for the words, "Sworn to before me this _______
day of ______".
A) Pro Se
B) The Oath.
C) The Affirmation.
D) Jurat - 100 correct answer as-D.Jurat
, 13) What is a conflict of interest?
A) Knowing the affiant personally.
B) When you like somebody.
C) When the document is from your company.
D) Legal Consideration - 100 correct answer as-D. Legal
Consideration
14) A deponent is?
A) One named in a will to carry out the provisions.
B) The testimony of a witness taken out of court under
oath/affirmation.
C) An agreement.
D) Someone ordered to a hearing out of court called a
deposition. - 100 correct answer as-D) Someone ordered to
a hearing out of court called a deposition.
15) What is the notary fee for a protest of non-payment?
A) .75 cents for the first one and .10 cents thereafter limit of 5
B) $25
C) $5
D) $10 - 100 correct answer as-A) .75 cents for the first one
and .10 cents thereafter limit of 5
16) What is the name of what a Notary places below the Notary
signature?
A) Seal
B) Stamp
C) Statement of Authority
D) Certification - 100 correct answer as-C. Statement of
Authority
17) Who approves the appointment of a Notary Public?
A) The name appointed under and no other.
