NYS NOTARY 2026/2027 LATEST EXAM QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔T/F - A conveyance of real property shall not be recorded unless it is in the English
language - ✔✔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 -
✔✔A deposition MAY be taken before a notary public in a civil proceeding
✔✔Within ______ days of the opening of the safe deposit box, a copy of the notary
public's certificate must be mailed to the lessee at his last known postal address - ✔✔10
days
✔✔A notary public (has?/does not have?) authority to solemnize marriages - ✔✔Does
NOT have
✔✔The oath of a public officer (may?/ may not?) be administered by a notary public -
✔✔May
✔✔T/F - A person can act as an attorney in New York State only if admitted to practice
as an attorney or counselor in the courts of record in NYS - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - Notaries public are prohibited from executing wills because they would thereby
be acting as an attorney - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - A notary public is not a public officer - ✔✔False - A notary public IS a public
officer and must not act without having taken and duly filed the required oath of office
✔✔A person who acts as a notary without having taken and duly filed the required oath
of office is guilty of a ________ - ✔✔Misdemeanor
✔✔T/F - A public officer cannot charge a fee, except where a fee or other compensation
is expressly allowed by law - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - A public officer cannot receive a fee in advance of rendering the service -
✔✔False - A public officer CAN receive a fee in advance IF the law allows. Also, cannot
charge a fee unless the service was actually rendered by him
✔✔T/F - An officer who violates the fee provisions is liable for treble damages to the
person aggrieved - ✔✔True
, ✔✔The maximum term of an indeterminate sentence shall be at least ______ years -
✔✔3 year
✔✔For a class ______ felony, the term shall be fixed by the court and shall not exceed
7 years - ✔✔D
✔✔Issuing a false certificate is a call ____ felony - ✔✔E
✔✔T/F - Official misconduct includes willfully committing an act relating to one's office
constituting an unauthorized exercise of official function - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - An officer before whom an oath or affidavit may be taken is bound to
administer the same when required - ✔✔True
✔✔A person is guilty of perjury if under oath or _____ he has given false testimony -
✔✔Affirmation
✔✔An _______ is a formal declaration before an authorized officer by a person who
has executed an instrument that such execution is his act and deed -
✔✔Acknowledgment
✔✔T/F - It is not essential that the person who executed the instrument sign his name in
the presence of the notary - ✔✔True
✔✔A notary who takes an acknowledgment over the telephone is guilty of a _______ -
✔✔Misdemeanor
✔✔Unless the person who makes the acknowledgment appears in front of the notary,
the notary's certificate that he so came is _________ - ✔✔Fraudulent
✔✔Making a false certificate is forgery in the ______ degree - ✔✔Second
✔✔A notary public (should/should not?) take an acknowledgment to legal instrument to
which the notary is a party in interest - ✔✔Should not
✔✔An (administrator/affiant?) is a person appointed by the court to manage the estate
of a deceased person who left no will - ✔✔Administrator
✔✔A (statute/affidavit?) is a signed statement, duly sworn, before a notary public or
other officer authorized to administer oaths - ✔✔Affidavit
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔T/F - A conveyance of real property shall not be recorded unless it is in the English
language - ✔✔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 -
✔✔A deposition MAY be taken before a notary public in a civil proceeding
✔✔Within ______ days of the opening of the safe deposit box, a copy of the notary
public's certificate must be mailed to the lessee at his last known postal address - ✔✔10
days
✔✔A notary public (has?/does not have?) authority to solemnize marriages - ✔✔Does
NOT have
✔✔The oath of a public officer (may?/ may not?) be administered by a notary public -
✔✔May
✔✔T/F - A person can act as an attorney in New York State only if admitted to practice
as an attorney or counselor in the courts of record in NYS - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - Notaries public are prohibited from executing wills because they would thereby
be acting as an attorney - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - A notary public is not a public officer - ✔✔False - A notary public IS a public
officer and must not act without having taken and duly filed the required oath of office
✔✔A person who acts as a notary without having taken and duly filed the required oath
of office is guilty of a ________ - ✔✔Misdemeanor
✔✔T/F - A public officer cannot charge a fee, except where a fee or other compensation
is expressly allowed by law - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - A public officer cannot receive a fee in advance of rendering the service -
✔✔False - A public officer CAN receive a fee in advance IF the law allows. Also, cannot
charge a fee unless the service was actually rendered by him
✔✔T/F - An officer who violates the fee provisions is liable for treble damages to the
person aggrieved - ✔✔True
, ✔✔The maximum term of an indeterminate sentence shall be at least ______ years -
✔✔3 year
✔✔For a class ______ felony, the term shall be fixed by the court and shall not exceed
7 years - ✔✔D
✔✔Issuing a false certificate is a call ____ felony - ✔✔E
✔✔T/F - Official misconduct includes willfully committing an act relating to one's office
constituting an unauthorized exercise of official function - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - An officer before whom an oath or affidavit may be taken is bound to
administer the same when required - ✔✔True
✔✔A person is guilty of perjury if under oath or _____ he has given false testimony -
✔✔Affirmation
✔✔An _______ is a formal declaration before an authorized officer by a person who
has executed an instrument that such execution is his act and deed -
✔✔Acknowledgment
✔✔T/F - It is not essential that the person who executed the instrument sign his name in
the presence of the notary - ✔✔True
✔✔A notary who takes an acknowledgment over the telephone is guilty of a _______ -
✔✔Misdemeanor
✔✔Unless the person who makes the acknowledgment appears in front of the notary,
the notary's certificate that he so came is _________ - ✔✔Fraudulent
✔✔Making a false certificate is forgery in the ______ degree - ✔✔Second
✔✔A notary public (should/should not?) take an acknowledgment to legal instrument to
which the notary is a party in interest - ✔✔Should not
✔✔An (administrator/affiant?) is a person appointed by the court to manage the estate
of a deceased person who left no will - ✔✔Administrator
✔✔A (statute/affidavit?) is a signed statement, duly sworn, before a notary public or
other officer authorized to administer oaths - ✔✔Affidavit
