CALIFORNIA NOTARY EXAM QUESTIONS V2
• certified copy of a journal entry: upon written request of SOS it is the duty of a notary public provide certified copies of notary's journal with in the TIME SPECIFIED • May a Notary notarize for a grantor?: yes as long as you are not the grantor • If your employer moves but you remain in your same residence, must you notify the
Secretary of State?: yes any change in address requires the SOS to be notified
• Your commission expires in a month and you are applying to renew your commission
today. What is the minimum educational requirement?: 3 hours
• Your employer paid for your Notary commission and your bond. She asks you to notarize only business documents while you are at work. What type of provision is this?: limited service agreement; business docs on the clock; private employee • A Notary Public commission does not take effect unless: oath and bond are filed on time with the county clerk • The Five Steps of Notarization: 1. Require personal appearance 2. Scan the document for completeness 3. Identify and screen the signer 4. Record the journal entry 5. Complete the notarial certificate • You to call your boss on her cell phone. When you contact your boss, she tells you that she had to leave on short notice, but the documents must be notarized today. She assures you that she will be back early tomorrow to sign your journal. How would you handle this
situation?: Refuse until your boss personally appears
• Three notarial acts involve notarizing signatures:: Aknowledgments Jurats Proof of execution • Satisfactory evidence requires a notary to: verify a state approved ID document or the oath of one credible witness or the oaths of two credible witnesses • state approved ID documents include: ID card or drivers license (ca and other states)
US passport/Foreign passport
Inmate ID Issued by the ca dept of corrections and rehabilitation Drivers license issued by Canadian or Mexican agency 1 / 2
US Military ID card (careful to check if it has PPSS elements) Consular identification document ID card issued by a federally recognized tribal government • all acceptable ID documents must be current or issued within the last: 5 years
• If signer does not have an ID notaries may relay on a form of ID if it has these 4 elements: Photograph Physical description Signature Serial number • If a signer does not have an acceptable ID document, a notary may identify signer by obtaining oath of affirmation of one or two credible identifying witnesses which is someone who: personally knows the signer and who swears to or affirms the signers identity • a credible identifying witness must: personally know the signer, have no interest in the document being impartial to the transaction, take an oath vouching for the signers identity and present a state approved ID doc to the notary • If a Notary Public fails to obtain the satisfactory evidence required to establish the identity of a credible witness, the California Secretary of State or a public prosecutor may seek
a penalty of up to: 10gs
• In order to use one credible witness the notary must: personally know that credible witness but still examine their state approved ID and administer an oath or affirmation and have the credible witness sign the journal or the notary must record the ID document used to identify the witness • In order to use two credible witnesses they notary must: confirm the ID's, administer the oath under penalty of perjury to each of the credible witnesses, and have them sign the journal and record the ID used to identify the witnesses • In order to establish the identity of the signer, a credible witness must swear or affirm that each of the following statements is true:: The person appearing as the signer is the person named in the document.The credible witness personally knows the signer.
The signer does not possess an acceptable ID document.The signer's circumstances make it difficult or impossible to obtain an ID document The
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