Notary Study Guide exam with |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
correct answers |||\\\
True or false? |||\\\ |||\\\
You can become a California Notary Public if you are a German citizen residing legally in
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California? - correct answer✔✔True: A notary public appointed in California must be a |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
resident of California at the time of appointment. (California Government Code sections
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8201(a)(1) and 8203.1.) Similarly, a notary public does not need to be a United States citizen |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
True or False? |||\\\ |||\\\
An applicant for a new notary public commission must satisfactorily complete a two-hour
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course of study that is approved by the California Secretary of State concerning the functions
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and duties of a notary public. - correct answer✔✔False! An applicant for a new notary public
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commission must satisfactorily complete a SIX-hour course of study that is approved by the |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
California Secretary of State concerning the functions and duties of a notary public. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
True or false? |||\\\ |||\\\
All applicants for appointment must pass a written, proctored, closed-book examination
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prescribed by the California Secretary of State. - correct answer✔✔True |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
True or false? |||\\\ |||\\\
All applicants must complete a background check by submitting fingerprints to the California
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Department of Justice within one month of satisfactorily completing the examination. - correct |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
answer✔✔False! All applicants must complete a background check by submitting fingerprints
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to the California Department of Justice within one year of satisfactorily completing the
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examination.
True or false? |||\\\ |||\\\
, Failure to disclose any conviction or arrest for which a trial is pending may be a substantial and
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material misstatement or omission on the application and grounds for denial of an application
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for appointment. - correct answer✔✔True
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True or false? |||\\\ |||\\\
A person cannot serve as a notary public until both their oath of office and bond have been
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filed with the county clerk, and both must be filed within 30 days of the commencement date
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of the four-year term stated in the commission. - correct answer✔✔True! A person cannot
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serve as a notary public until both their oath of office and bond have been filed with the
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county clerk, and both must be filed within 30 days of the commencement date of the four-
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year term stated in the commission. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
True or false? |||\\\ |||\\\
Maria Mobile's principal place of business is in Truckee, California.
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Accordingly, Maria filed her oath and bond at the Nevada County Clerk's office in Nevada |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
County, California. |||\\\
Maria often travels to South Lake Tahoe, in El Dorado County, to perform notarial acts for
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residents there. |||\\\
Patrick Pressure asks Maria to come to his home in Stateline, Nevada, to perform an
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acknowledgment on a document to be filed in El Dorado County. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Maria is allowed to perform this notarial act? - correct answer✔✔False! Maria must refuse to
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perform the acknowledgment in the State of Nevada. As an alternative, Maria may request that
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Patrick meet her in South Lake Tahoe, (El Dorado County), California or any other convenient
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location in California to perform the acknowledgment. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
A California notary public cannot perform notarial acts outside of the borders of California.
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(California Government Code section 8200.) |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
True or False |||\\\ |||\\\
A notary public must obtain a bond from a California admitted surety insurer in the amount of
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$15,000. The bond must be filed with the Secretary of State's office. - correct answer✔✔False!|||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
A notary public must obtain a bond from a California admitted surety insurer in the amount of
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correct answers |||\\\
True or false? |||\\\ |||\\\
You can become a California Notary Public if you are a German citizen residing legally in
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California? - correct answer✔✔True: A notary public appointed in California must be a |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
resident of California at the time of appointment. (California Government Code sections
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8201(a)(1) and 8203.1.) Similarly, a notary public does not need to be a United States citizen |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
True or False? |||\\\ |||\\\
An applicant for a new notary public commission must satisfactorily complete a two-hour
|||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
course of study that is approved by the California Secretary of State concerning the functions
|||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
and duties of a notary public. - correct answer✔✔False! An applicant for a new notary public
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commission must satisfactorily complete a SIX-hour course of study that is approved by the |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
California Secretary of State concerning the functions and duties of a notary public. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
True or false? |||\\\ |||\\\
All applicants for appointment must pass a written, proctored, closed-book examination
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prescribed by the California Secretary of State. - correct answer✔✔True |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
True or false? |||\\\ |||\\\
All applicants must complete a background check by submitting fingerprints to the California
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Department of Justice within one month of satisfactorily completing the examination. - correct |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
answer✔✔False! All applicants must complete a background check by submitting fingerprints
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to the California Department of Justice within one year of satisfactorily completing the
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examination.
True or false? |||\\\ |||\\\
, Failure to disclose any conviction or arrest for which a trial is pending may be a substantial and
|||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
material misstatement or omission on the application and grounds for denial of an application
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for appointment. - correct answer✔✔True
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True or false? |||\\\ |||\\\
A person cannot serve as a notary public until both their oath of office and bond have been
|||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
filed with the county clerk, and both must be filed within 30 days of the commencement date
|||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
of the four-year term stated in the commission. - correct answer✔✔True! A person cannot
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serve as a notary public until both their oath of office and bond have been filed with the
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county clerk, and both must be filed within 30 days of the commencement date of the four-
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year term stated in the commission. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
True or false? |||\\\ |||\\\
Maria Mobile's principal place of business is in Truckee, California.
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Accordingly, Maria filed her oath and bond at the Nevada County Clerk's office in Nevada |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
County, California. |||\\\
Maria often travels to South Lake Tahoe, in El Dorado County, to perform notarial acts for
|||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
residents there. |||\\\
Patrick Pressure asks Maria to come to his home in Stateline, Nevada, to perform an
|||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
acknowledgment on a document to be filed in El Dorado County. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Maria is allowed to perform this notarial act? - correct answer✔✔False! Maria must refuse to
|||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
perform the acknowledgment in the State of Nevada. As an alternative, Maria may request that
|||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Patrick meet her in South Lake Tahoe, (El Dorado County), California or any other convenient
|||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
location in California to perform the acknowledgment. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
A California notary public cannot perform notarial acts outside of the borders of California.
|||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
(California Government Code section 8200.) |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
True or False |||\\\ |||\\\
A notary public must obtain a bond from a California admitted surety insurer in the amount of
|||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
$15,000. The bond must be filed with the Secretary of State's office. - correct answer✔✔False!|||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
A notary public must obtain a bond from a California admitted surety insurer in the amount of
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