Illinois Notary Latest Exam (Actual 2025/2026) Questions With
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Notaries may perform the following Notary Acts - ---
Answers---1. acknowledgments
2. oaths and affirmations
3. Verification upon oath or affirmation
4.Witnessing or attesting signatures
5. proofs of execution by subscribing witness
3 ways a person may sign in a representative capacity - ---
Answers---1. For and on behalf of a corporation, partnership,
trust or other entity as and authorized officer, agent, partner,
trustee or other representative
2. As a public officer, personal representative, , guardian or
other representative in the specific capacity described in the
document.
3. As an attorney in fact for a principal signer or in any other
capacity as an authorized representative of another
2 ways an oath or affirmation can be preformed - ---
Answers---1. As a full fledged notary act in its self (giving an
oath of office to a public official)
2. As part of the process of notarizing a document (taking a
verification or swearing in a credible witness)
, When taking an oath or affirmation does the oat taker or affirm
ant need to respond out loud? - ---Answers---Yes, they must
answer with I do or yes.
What is the purpose of verification upon oath or affirmation? -
---Answers---To compel truthfulness by applying to the
signers conscience and fear of criminal penalties for perjury.
A Notary certifies what 4 things when execution a verification
upon oath or affirmation? - ---Answers---1. The signer
personally appeared before the Notary on the date and in the
county indicated on notary certificate
2. The signer was positively identified by personal knowledge
or other satisfactory evidence
3. The Notary watched the signer sign the document at time of
notarization
4. The Notary administered an oath or affirmation to signer
What is a jurat? - ---Answers---A certificate used for
verification upon oath or affirmation.
Can an oath or affirmation be made in a representative
capacity? - ---Answers---Yes, an individual may personally
vouch for the truthfulness of a statement as a representative
of a corporation, partnership trust or other entity, as an
attorney in fact or as public officer, representative or guardian.
*they are made based on knowledge of the person taking the
oath or affirmation
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Notaries may perform the following Notary Acts - ---
Answers---1. acknowledgments
2. oaths and affirmations
3. Verification upon oath or affirmation
4.Witnessing or attesting signatures
5. proofs of execution by subscribing witness
3 ways a person may sign in a representative capacity - ---
Answers---1. For and on behalf of a corporation, partnership,
trust or other entity as and authorized officer, agent, partner,
trustee or other representative
2. As a public officer, personal representative, , guardian or
other representative in the specific capacity described in the
document.
3. As an attorney in fact for a principal signer or in any other
capacity as an authorized representative of another
2 ways an oath or affirmation can be preformed - ---
Answers---1. As a full fledged notary act in its self (giving an
oath of office to a public official)
2. As part of the process of notarizing a document (taking a
verification or swearing in a credible witness)
, When taking an oath or affirmation does the oat taker or affirm
ant need to respond out loud? - ---Answers---Yes, they must
answer with I do or yes.
What is the purpose of verification upon oath or affirmation? -
---Answers---To compel truthfulness by applying to the
signers conscience and fear of criminal penalties for perjury.
A Notary certifies what 4 things when execution a verification
upon oath or affirmation? - ---Answers---1. The signer
personally appeared before the Notary on the date and in the
county indicated on notary certificate
2. The signer was positively identified by personal knowledge
or other satisfactory evidence
3. The Notary watched the signer sign the document at time of
notarization
4. The Notary administered an oath or affirmation to signer
What is a jurat? - ---Answers---A certificate used for
verification upon oath or affirmation.
Can an oath or affirmation be made in a representative
capacity? - ---Answers---Yes, an individual may personally
vouch for the truthfulness of a statement as a representative
of a corporation, partnership trust or other entity, as an
attorney in fact or as public officer, representative or guardian.
*they are made based on knowledge of the person taking the
oath or affirmation
