with 100% Correct Answers
, NYS Notary Exam 2024/2025 Questions
with 100% Correct Answers
A notary at the time of appointment must be either a NYS resident or have a place of
business in New York State? - Answer ✓✓TRUE - a notary must also be a united
states citizen at the time of appointment. however, the department of state, division of
licensing services web site adds that notary may also be a permanent resident alien of
the united states
A notary public (has/has not) authority to solemnize marriages? - Answer ✓✓does not
have authority, also a notary public may not take the acknowledgement of parties and
witnesses to a written contract of marriage
A notary public (should/should not) take an acknowledgement to a legal instrument to
which the notary is a party in interest. - Answer ✓✓should not
___ is anything of value given to induce someone to enter into a contract - Answer
✓✓consideration
____ is a writing or writings which evidence both an obligation to pay money and a
security interest in specific goods - Answer ✓✓chattel paper
____ means to do a hearing or examination in the presence of, or on papers filed by,
one party in the absence of the other - Answer ✓✓Ex parte
_____ is the placing of an instrument in the hands of a person as a depository who on
the happening of an event must deliver it to a third person. - Answer ✓✓escrow
A __ is a crime punishable by death or imprisonment over one year - Answer ✓✓felony
A __ is a person in charge of a minor's person - Answer ✓✓guardian
a __ is an instrument made subsequent to a will and attached to the will - Answer ✓✓
codicil
, A __ is the testimony of a witness taken out of court, before a notary or other person. -
Answer ✓✓deposition
a ___ is a copy of a public record signed and certified as true copy by the public official
having custody of the original. - Answer ✓✓certified copy
A ___ is a decree of a court declaring that one party is indebted to another and fixing
the amount of such indebtedness - Answer ✓✓judgement
A ___ is an agreement between competent parties to do or not do certain things for
legal consideration. - Answer ✓✓contract
A _____ is one who makes an oath to a written statement - Answer ✓✓deponent
A ______ is a written instrument given to pass title of a personal property from vendor
to vendee. - Answer ✓✓bill of sale
a (statute/affidavit) is a signed statement, duly sworn, before a notary public or other
officer authorized to administer oaths. - Answer ✓✓affidavit
A certification of a notarial signature is issued by the court? - Answer ✓✓FALSE - a
certification of a notarial signature is issued by the county clerk for a fee of $3
A commissioner of elections or inspector of elections is not eligible for the office of
notary public. - Answer ✓✓FALSE- they are eligible for appointment as notary public
A conveyance of real property shall not be recorded unless it is in the english language.
- Answer ✓✓FALSE- may be recorded if there is attached to it an official translation
proved and authenticated in a manner required of conveyances for recording in NYS
A deposition (may/may not) be taken before a notary public in a civil proceeding? -
Answer ✓✓a deposition may be taking before a notary public in a civil proceeding