Nevada Notary Commission
Vocabulary Exam 2024 Solved 100%
Notarial Officer
A Notary Public or an officer authorized to perform notarial acts
Notary public
A person appointed to perform a notarial act by the Secretary of State
Notarial Act
an act that a notarial officer of this state is authorized to perform
acknowledgement
A declaration by an individual who executed an instrument for the purposes stated
therein and, if the instrument is executed in a representative capacity, that the
individual signed the instrument with proper authority and executed it as the act of
the individual or entity represented and identified therein
Jurat
A declaration by a notarial officer that the signer of a document signed the
document in the presence of the notarial officer and swore to or affirmed that the
statements in the document are true
Oath
A form of attestation which affirms that the taker will faithfully perform the duties
of a specified office
Noting a Protest (of a negotiable Instrument)
, NEVADA NOTARY COMMISSION VOCABULARY EXAM
An act in which the Notary Public certifies that a signer did not receive payment for
a negotiable instrument
Certifying a Copy
When the Notary Public creates a copy of a document which is presented by an
individual
Person
an individual, corporation, business trust, statutory trust, estate, trust, partnership,
limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government
or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or
commercial entity
Credible witness
a person who swears or affirms that the signer of a document is the person whom
they claim to be and is known personally to the signer of document and the notarial
officer
[in a] representative capacity
-for and on behalf of an entity, as an authorized representative
-a public officer, personal representative, or guardian
-an attorney-in-fact for a principal
-in any other capacity as an authorized representative
Impartial witness
an observer without bias; someone who has no financial or beneficial interest in the
transaction at hand
Subscribing witness