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NYS NOTARY EXAM VERSION 1 AND 2
NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE
200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS)
1) If a Notary refuses to notarize an affidavit presented for NY
notary Mobile services. What is the potential maximum jail
sentence?
A. One month.
B. Three months
C. Six months.
D. One Year Ans: 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 Ans: C. Proof certificate
3) Which of the following is in the requirements to become a
Notary Public in New York?
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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. Ans: D) All 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". Ans: 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. Ans: D) All the above.
6) If your neighbor you know asks you to notarize an affidavit
you must?
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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. Ans: 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 Ans: 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. Ans: D)
Administer an oath of office for a military officer.
NYS NOTARY EXAM VERSION 1 AND 2
NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE
200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS)
1) If a Notary refuses to notarize an affidavit presented for NY
notary Mobile services. What is the potential maximum jail
sentence?
A. One month.
B. Three months
C. Six months.
D. One Year Ans: 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 Ans: C. Proof certificate
3) Which of the following is in the requirements to become a
Notary Public in New York?
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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. Ans: D) All 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". Ans: 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. Ans: D) All the above.
6) If your neighbor you know asks you to notarize an affidavit
you must?
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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. Ans: 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 Ans: 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. Ans: D)
Administer an oath of office for a military officer.
