Illinois Notary Exam Questions and Answers
(GRADED A+)
1. Notary Bond - ANSWER: Provides coverage for damages to anyone who
suffers financially from a Notary's action - intentional or not
2. Reasonable Care - ANSWER: The degree of attentiveness that a person of
normal intelligence and responsibility would exhibit.
3. Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act - ANSWER: It's the
electronic recording system for the filing of electronic real property documents
executed and notarized with electronic signatures.
4. Do you need a physical imprint of the notary's seal for electronic notarization? -
ANSWER: No-as long as all information required to be included in a notary
act by law is attached to or logically associated with the Notary's electronic
signature or the electronic real property document.
5. you can type this information near the notary's electronic signature.
6. Certificate of Authority - ANSWER: The process of proving the genuineness
of an official signature and seal
This comes from the county clerks office or secretary of state index department.
7. When is a chain of authentication process needed? - ANSWER: When a
notarized document is going outside the United States.
8. Who provides additional authentication certificates?
- ANSWER: U.S. Department of State in DC
Foreign consulate in the particular foreign nation
Ministry of foreign affairs in the particular foreign nation.
9. What is an Apostille?
- ANSWER: It is a authenticating certificate accepted by countries subscribing
to a treaty under the Hague Convention.
-The Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of legalization for Foreign
Public Documents.
issued by Secretary of State
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10. Can a Notary notarize their own signature? - ANSWER: No
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(GRADED A+)
1. Notary Bond - ANSWER: Provides coverage for damages to anyone who
suffers financially from a Notary's action - intentional or not
2. Reasonable Care - ANSWER: The degree of attentiveness that a person of
normal intelligence and responsibility would exhibit.
3. Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act - ANSWER: It's the
electronic recording system for the filing of electronic real property documents
executed and notarized with electronic signatures.
4. Do you need a physical imprint of the notary's seal for electronic notarization? -
ANSWER: No-as long as all information required to be included in a notary
act by law is attached to or logically associated with the Notary's electronic
signature or the electronic real property document.
5. you can type this information near the notary's electronic signature.
6. Certificate of Authority - ANSWER: The process of proving the genuineness
of an official signature and seal
This comes from the county clerks office or secretary of state index department.
7. When is a chain of authentication process needed? - ANSWER: When a
notarized document is going outside the United States.
8. Who provides additional authentication certificates?
- ANSWER: U.S. Department of State in DC
Foreign consulate in the particular foreign nation
Ministry of foreign affairs in the particular foreign nation.
9. What is an Apostille?
- ANSWER: It is a authenticating certificate accepted by countries subscribing
to a treaty under the Hague Convention.
-The Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of legalization for Foreign
Public Documents.
issued by Secretary of State
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10. Can a Notary notarize their own signature? - ANSWER: No
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11. Should a Notary notarize a transaction in which they have a direct financial or $&^%$#
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