PA Notary Test

PA NOTARY TEST EXAM WITH 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS AFFIRM - correct answer To make a solemn, formal declaration under the penalty of perjury that certain statements are true. An affirmation is legally equivalent to an oath and may be substituted for an oath when a document requires an oath for its execution, i.e., an affidavit. APOSTILLE - correct answer A certificate of notarial authority issued by the Secretary of the Commonwealth for notarized documents being sent out of Pennsylvania to those countries who are parties to the international treaty commonly known as the Hague Convention. ACKNOWLEDGMENT - correct answer A formal declaration before an authorized individual (a notary public) by a person signing an instrument that such execution is his or her free act and deed. The term also refers to the notary's certificate on the document indicating that it was so acknowledged. ADMINISTER - correct answer To discharge the duties of an office; to give (as in the giving of an oath). AFFIDAVIT - correct answer A written statement of facts made voluntarily and confirmed by the oath or affirmation of the party making it before an individual authorized to administer oaths, i.e., a notary public. AFFIX - correct answer To attach or impress the notary seal to a document. ATTEST - correct answer To bear witness to or to certify. CERTIFIED COPY - correct answer A copy of a document or record, signed and certified as a true copy by the public official who has custody of the original record. NOTE: A notary may make an "attested photocopy," but not a certified copy. A certified copy is not the same as an original document. COMMISSION - correct answer The term used for the length of time you are appointed as a notary public by the Secretary of the Commonwealth. CUSTODIAN OF THE DOCUMENT - correct answer The person who has charge or custody of the document. In the case of making an attested photocopy, the "document's custodian" is the person presenting the document, who may or may not be the document signer.