State of Nevada Notary EXAM QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST 2026-2027
NEW VERSION
When you identify a signer using an ID card, the card must contain at least: -
answer>>>The signer's photo and signature.
If you use a credible witness to identify a document signer: - answer>>>You must
personally know the credible witness, the credible witness must personally know the
signer, and the credible witness and the signer must be present for the notarization.
If the words "subscribing witness" appears in the notarial wording on the document, you
need to perform: - answer>>>A subscribing-witness jurat.
The notarial wording has information preprinted in it that is incorrect: - answer>>>You
must line through the error, write in the correct information, and initial the change.
The notarial wording always is located: - answer>>>Below the signature(s) of the
document signer(s).
For you to notarize someone's signature, the signer must always: - answer>>>Be
physically in front of you at the time of notarization.
You are asked to drive to a signer's home. The trip takes you 90 minutes each way, and
you begin and end your travel between 6 am and 7 pm. For the round trip, you may
charge a travel free of: - answer>>>$35
You may certify a copy of: - answer>>>HS diploma.
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Gina and George Lee need two documents notarized; George is the sole signer on one,
and both of them are signers of the other. Both documents require jurats. You may
charge a total of: - answer>>>$15
If a signer presents an already-signed document with notarial wording for a standard jurat
on it: - answer>>>The signer must re-sign the document in your presence.
If preprinted notarial wording names two signers but only one is present before you: -
answer>>>You must line through the absent signer's name and initial the change.
If the notarial wording is missing a required element: - answer>>>You must add the
missing element.
You may notarize the signature of a subscribing witness only if: - answer>>>The
subscribing witness saw the principal signer sign the document.
The subscribing witness personally appears before you, the original notarial act on the
document was an acknowledgment.
Every journal entry you make must include: - answer>>>The type of notarial act you
performed.
If a Notary is found guilty of official misconduct: - answer>>>The Secretary of State may
suspend or revoke the Notary's appointment.
You may change an additional fee for travel if: - answer>>>The request for travel comes
from the person requesting the notarization, you tell the person requesting the
notarization that a travel fee is not required by law, and the person requesting the
notarization agrees in advance to your hourly rate.
You must keep your Notary supplies in: - answer>>>Your sole control at all times.
, You always should note it in your journal if: - answer>>>You refused to perform the
notarization, you administered an oath or affirmation as part of the notarial act, and you
edited out of the notarial wording the name(s) of any absent signer(s).
If the words, "true and correct copy" appear in the notarial wording on the document,
you need to perform: - answer>>>A copy certification.
When you perform a standard jurat: - answer>>>The signer must sign the document in
your presence, the signer must swear of affirm that the contents of the document are
true, and you must identify the signer.
Ways to protect yourself from liability include: - answer>>>Knowing Nevada's Notary
laws, keeping a detailed and accurate journal, and following consistent procedures.
In addition to your official signature and stamp, all notarial wording must include: -
answer>>>The name of the person for whom the notarial act was performed.
The state and county in which the notarization takes place, the date of the notarization,
and the name of the person for whom the notarial act was performed.
If a signer presents an ID card issued to "Jeff Sharp" but is named in his document as
"Jeffrey Sharp," you must: - answer>>>Refuse to perform the notarization: The ID card
doesn't sufficiently identify the signer.
enter "Jeffrey Sharp" in the notarial wording and your journal.
For a certified copy: - answer>>>You may charge $2.50, whatever the number of pages.
When a person asks you to certify a copy of a document, that person: - answer>>>Must
present the original and you must make the copy.
Three people bring you a document to notarize; all three of them will sign it. In your
journal: - answer>>>You must make three entries but may use ditto marks for the
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST 2026-2027
NEW VERSION
When you identify a signer using an ID card, the card must contain at least: -
answer>>>The signer's photo and signature.
If you use a credible witness to identify a document signer: - answer>>>You must
personally know the credible witness, the credible witness must personally know the
signer, and the credible witness and the signer must be present for the notarization.
If the words "subscribing witness" appears in the notarial wording on the document, you
need to perform: - answer>>>A subscribing-witness jurat.
The notarial wording has information preprinted in it that is incorrect: - answer>>>You
must line through the error, write in the correct information, and initial the change.
The notarial wording always is located: - answer>>>Below the signature(s) of the
document signer(s).
For you to notarize someone's signature, the signer must always: - answer>>>Be
physically in front of you at the time of notarization.
You are asked to drive to a signer's home. The trip takes you 90 minutes each way, and
you begin and end your travel between 6 am and 7 pm. For the round trip, you may
charge a travel free of: - answer>>>$35
You may certify a copy of: - answer>>>HS diploma.
, -
Gina and George Lee need two documents notarized; George is the sole signer on one,
and both of them are signers of the other. Both documents require jurats. You may
charge a total of: - answer>>>$15
If a signer presents an already-signed document with notarial wording for a standard jurat
on it: - answer>>>The signer must re-sign the document in your presence.
If preprinted notarial wording names two signers but only one is present before you: -
answer>>>You must line through the absent signer's name and initial the change.
If the notarial wording is missing a required element: - answer>>>You must add the
missing element.
You may notarize the signature of a subscribing witness only if: - answer>>>The
subscribing witness saw the principal signer sign the document.
The subscribing witness personally appears before you, the original notarial act on the
document was an acknowledgment.
Every journal entry you make must include: - answer>>>The type of notarial act you
performed.
If a Notary is found guilty of official misconduct: - answer>>>The Secretary of State may
suspend or revoke the Notary's appointment.
You may change an additional fee for travel if: - answer>>>The request for travel comes
from the person requesting the notarization, you tell the person requesting the
notarization that a travel fee is not required by law, and the person requesting the
notarization agrees in advance to your hourly rate.
You must keep your Notary supplies in: - answer>>>Your sole control at all times.
, You always should note it in your journal if: - answer>>>You refused to perform the
notarization, you administered an oath or affirmation as part of the notarial act, and you
edited out of the notarial wording the name(s) of any absent signer(s).
If the words, "true and correct copy" appear in the notarial wording on the document,
you need to perform: - answer>>>A copy certification.
When you perform a standard jurat: - answer>>>The signer must sign the document in
your presence, the signer must swear of affirm that the contents of the document are
true, and you must identify the signer.
Ways to protect yourself from liability include: - answer>>>Knowing Nevada's Notary
laws, keeping a detailed and accurate journal, and following consistent procedures.
In addition to your official signature and stamp, all notarial wording must include: -
answer>>>The name of the person for whom the notarial act was performed.
The state and county in which the notarization takes place, the date of the notarization,
and the name of the person for whom the notarial act was performed.
If a signer presents an ID card issued to "Jeff Sharp" but is named in his document as
"Jeffrey Sharp," you must: - answer>>>Refuse to perform the notarization: The ID card
doesn't sufficiently identify the signer.
enter "Jeffrey Sharp" in the notarial wording and your journal.
For a certified copy: - answer>>>You may charge $2.50, whatever the number of pages.
When a person asks you to certify a copy of a document, that person: - answer>>>Must
present the original and you must make the copy.
Three people bring you a document to notarize; all three of them will sign it. In your
journal: - answer>>>You must make three entries but may use ditto marks for the
