Ohio Notary Test 2023/24 Graded A+

acknowledgment - ANSWER-notarial act in which a notary certifies having positively identified a document signer who personally appeared before the notary and admitted having signed the document freely affidavit - ANSWER-written statement signed before a Notary (or other authorized official) by a person who swears or affirms to the Notary that the statement is true affirmation - ANSWER-spoken, solemn promise on one's personal honor, with no reference to God, that is made before a Notary in relation to an affidavit or as a notarial act in its own right attorney-in-fact - ANSWER-a person, not necessarily a lawyer, who is given the authority to sign or act on behalf of another individual (principal) through a document called a power of attorney authentication - ANSWER-process of proving the genuineness of the signature and seal of a Notary or other official, usually through attachment of certificate of authority; can be obtained at the Clerk of Courts office certified copy - ANSWER-document verified as an accurate reproduction of an original document whose unreproduced parts are filled in on the copy by hand commission - ANSWER-to authorize to perform notarial acts; written authorization to perform notarial acts is issued by a state's governor, secretary of state, or other empowering official conformed copy - ANSWER-reproduction of an original document whose unreproduced parts are filled in on the copy by hand constituent - ANSWER-person a notary serves is performing a notarial act - usually a document signer disqualifying interest - ANSWER-an interest held by a Notary in connection with a transaction that renders him incapable of performing a notarial act as an impartial and unbiased witness journal - ANSWER-a book that contains a chronological list of facts, events, or transactions