NJ NOTARY PUBLIC EXAM NEWEST 2025

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NJ NOTARY PUBLIC EXAM NEWEST 2025

ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 1 50 QUESTIONS

AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS

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What does representative capacity mean? - ANSWER-"In a

representative capacity" means acting as:

• An authorized officer agent, partner, trustee, or other

representative for a person other than an individual;

• A public officer, personal representative, guardian, or other

representative, in the capacity stated in a record;

• An agent or attorney-in-fact for a principal; or
• An authorized representative of another in any other capacity.

(NJ Notary Public Manual, Chapter 2, p.5)

If an individual cannot sign a record, the individual may direct an individual other than a notary how? - ANSWER-The notary must insert "Signature affixed by (name of other individual) at the direction of (name of individual)" or words of similar import (NJ Notary Public Manual, Chapter 6, p.13). 1 / 4

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A notary who certifies to a copy of a record or any copied item how? - ANSWER-By determining if the copy is full, true and an accurate transcription or reproduction of the record or item (NJ Notary Public Manual, Chapter 7, p.17)

What is required for a journal entry? - ANSWER-A notary public shall maintain a journal of all notarial acts performed.

• The journal may be created and maintained on a tangible

medium or in an electronic format.

• A notary public shall maintain only one journal at a time to

chronicle all notarial acts, whether those notarial acts are performed regarding tangible or electronic records.

• If the journal is maintained on a tangible medium, it shall be a

permanent, bound register with consecutively numbered lines and consecutively numbered pages.

• If the journal is maintained in an electronic format, it shall be

in a permanent, tamperevident electronic format.

A notarial certificate must? - ANSWER-Certificates shall:

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• Be executed contemporaneously with the performance of the

notarial act;

• Be signed and dated by the notarial officer; 12
• Identify the jurisdiction in which the notarial act is performed;
• Contain the title of office of the notarial officer; and
• If the notarial officer is a notary public, indicate the date of

expiration of the officer's commission.(NJ Notary Public Manual, Chapter 6, p.11-12)

What are satisfactory forms of identification? - ANSWER-1.Personal Knowledge - A notarial officer has personal knowledge of the identity of an individual appearing before the notarial officer if the individual is personally known to the notarial officer through dealings sufficient to provide reasonable certainty that the individual has the identity claimed.

• Documentation - A notarial officer has satisfactory evidence

of the identity of an individual appearing before the notarial officer if the notarial officer can identify the individual by

means of:

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• A passport, driver's license, or government-issued, non-driver

identification card, which is current or expired not more than three years before the performance of the notarial act; or ii. Another form of government-issued identification, which is current or expired not more than three years before the

performance of the notarial act, and which:

1.) Contains the individual's signature or a photograph of the individual's face; and 2.) Is satisfactory to the notarial officer; or

iii. A verification of oath or affirmation of a credible witness personally appearing before the notarial officer or using communication technology to appear before the notarial officer and personally known to the notarial officer or whom the notarial officer can identify based on a passport, driver's license, or government issued, non-driver identification card, which is current or expired not more than three years before the performance of the notarial act.

***A notarial officer may require an individual to provide additional information or identification credentials necessary to assure the notarial officer of the identity of the individual.

(NJ Notary Public Manual, Chapter 7, p.18)

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