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CALIFORNIA NOTARY EXAM NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL
EXAM COMPLETE 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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Upon receiving a request for a copy of a transaction, notary shall respond to the request within _____ after receipt of the request and either supply the photostatic copy requested or acknowledge that no such line item exists. - CORRECT ANSWER -15 business days
The notary or security bond protects the: - CORRECT
ANSWER-public
The only documents that do not require a seal are: - CORRECT
ANSWER-Subdivision maps
The county named in the venue is where: - CORRECT
ANSWER-the signer personally appeared
If a person has no right thumb and a thumbprint is needed: -
CORRECT ANSWER -use any finger and note this in your journal
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Can you notarize an incomplete document? - CORRECT ANSWER-No, you must refuse
A notary seal must be: - CORRECT ANSWER -1.
Photographically reproduceable
- Contain the state seal
- Have a serrated or milled edge border
The most frequently completed form is the: - CORRECT
ANSWER-acknowledgement
If you advertise as an immigration consultant, you _____ advertise as a notary public. - CORRECT ANSWER -Cannot
What items must always be entered in a journal? - CORRECT ANSWER-Date, time, type of document, fees
Some of the elements of a seal are: - CORRECT ANSWER --
State seal and notary's name
- Expiration date of commission and where the oath is on file
- Sequential ID number of manufacturer and notary's sequential
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commission number
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The main purpose of a credible witness is to: - CORRECT
ANSWER-Identify a signer
Why are two witnesses for a signature by mark necessary - CORRECT ANSWER -To view the making or the acknowledging of the mark
A written request for a photocopy of a journal entry must
contain: - CORRECT ANSWER -Type of document, month and
year of notarization, and names of parties
A right thumbprint is not req - CORRECT ANSWER -Deed of reconveyance
If a private employer and an employee enter into an agreement - CORRECT ANSWER -Notary actions can be limited to business transactions
Can you accept an expired DL issued 52 months before presentation to you? - CORRECT ANSWER -Yes
Notaries cannot certify a copy of a: - CORRECT ANSWER -
Journal entry requested by a member of the public
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A proof of execution may be performed on a - CORRECT ANSWER-Deed of reconveyance
A notary who does not deliver papers to a county clerk after they
allow a commission to expire is: - CORRECT ANSWER -Guilty
of a misdemeanor
A certificate reads: subscribed and sworn to before me on
August 5, 2007 by _______. - CORRECT ANSWER -signer
You are not automatically disqualified from doing a notarization
when you are a: - CORRECT ANSWER -Real estate agent
By contract an employee and employer can: - CORRECT
ANSWER-Limit services solely to their business
By using the term notario publico in an advertisement, the
notaries commission could be: - CORRECT ANSWER -
Suspended for a period of not less than one year and revoked on the second offense
A Notary may not charge a fee for
notarization on: - CORRECT ANSWER -A circulator's affidavit
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