QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Initial applicants must submit their application within after taking the class - CORRECT ANSWER
- Three months
The appointee shall appear before the register of deeds after reviewing the oath of notification
latter - CORRECT ANSWER - No later than 45 days
acknowledgement - CORRECT ANSWER - a notarial act in which the notary certifies the following
occurred:
a. individual appeared before notary with record.
b. individual is personally known by notary or identified by satisfactory evidence
c. individual did 1. indicated signature was individuals’ signature 2. signed record in presence of notary
applicant - CORRECT ANSWER - an individual who seeks appointment or reappointment to the office of
notary public
Appoint (or) Appointment - CORRECT ANSWER - Name an individual to the office of notary public after
determination that the individual has complied with chapter 10b
appointee - CORRECT ANSWER - An individual who has been appointed or reappointed to the office of
notary public but has not yet taken the oath of office to be commissioned.
Affirmation - CORRECT ANSWER - a notarial act which is legally equivalent to an oath and in which a
notary certifies that a single time and place all of the following occurred.
a. individual appeared before notary with record.
b. individual is personally known by notary or identified by satisfactory evidence
c. the individual made a vow of truthfulness on penalty of perjury, based on personal honor and without
invoking a deity or using any form of the word "swear"