QUESTIONS & ANSWERS(GRADED A+)
If a complaint is filed against a Notary, the Notary must respond within: -
ANSWER10 days.
Your Notary bond: - ANSWERProtects others in the event you make a mistake.
If you perform an acknowledgment for a document signer who is identified by a
credible witness, you must complete notarial wording: - ANSWERFor someone
identified by a credible witness.
You must complete notarial wording: - ANSWERWhenever you notarize someone's
signature and whenever you certify a copy of a document.
as a commissioned Notary, you may perform notarial acts - ANSWERAnywhere in
the state of Nevada.
You may charge for acknowledgments: - ANSWER$5 for one document with one
signer.
If a document signer is 65 years old or older, doesn't have an acceptable ID card and
cannot produce a credible witness whom you personally know: - ANSWERYou may
identify that signer using an ID card issued by a senior-citizen center.
For traveling to perform a notarization, you may change: - ANSWER$10 per hour for
travel between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m., with a two-hour minimum.
Regardless of the circumstances, Notaries always are prohibited from: -
ANSWERAltering an entry in their Notary journal.
If a document presented for notarization has no notarial wording: - ANSWERYou
may perform the notarization if the signer chooses the notarial wording with no
assistance from you.
You may identify document signers using: - ANSWERYour own personal knowledge
of the signer's identity, A credible witness who knows both you and the signer, and
an ID document with the signer's photos and signature.
If a document you notarized requires authentication, the Secretary of State will not
authenticate it if: - ANSWERYou failed to properly notarize the document.
If your employer paid for your commission, journal and Notary stamp and you leave
that place of employment, you must take your: - ANSWERCommission certificate,
journal and stamp with you.
, The venue on the notarial wording always appears: - ANSWERIn the upper left-hand
corner.
You are asked to drive to a signer's home and arrive at 7:30 pm. You leave home at
6 pm and arrive right on time. For this first leg of your trip, you may charge a travel
fee of: - ANSWER$35
If a Notary-employee makes a mistake while notarizing for an employer, for any
damages that result: - ANSWERBoth the Notary and the employer may be liable.
Jenny Walkers tells you she needs a certified copy of a handwritten personal letter.
In order for you to do so: - ANSWERYou must add or attach notarial wording for a
certified copy.
If a document signer is 65 years old or older, doesn't have an acceptable ID card and
cannot produce a credible witness whom you personally know: - ANSWERYou may
identify that signer using an ID card issued by a government agency.
When you identify a signer using an ID card, the card must contain at least: -
ANSWERThe signer's photo and signature.
If you use a credible witness to identify a document signer: - ANSWERYou 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: - ANSWERA subscribing-witness jurat.
You may certify a copy of: - ANSWERHS 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: - ANSWERThe signer must re-sign the document in your presence.
If preprinted notarial wording names two signers but only one is present before you: -
ANSWERYou must line through the absent signer's name and initial the change.
If the notarial wording is missing a required element: - ANSWERYou must add the
missing element.
You may notarize the signature of a subscribing witness only if: - ANSWERThe
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.