PA NOTARY EXAM
• How many days do you have to report a name change?: 30 Days
• Where should letters of resignation be sent?: Dept of State Bureau of Com- missions, Elections, and Legislation • When resigning: papers must be released to whom and when?: To the County Office Recorders, within 30 Days • When resigning: stamp must be released to whom and when?: rubber stamp delivered to Dept of State Bureau of commissions within in 10 days • Official stamp wording requirements (5 requirements): 1. "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - Notary Seal"
- Name, "Notary Public"
- County
4. Expiration Date:
- Commission number
• Official stamp border size: 1" (H); 3.5" (Width); Plain Border
• Stamping device security is responsibility of: Notary
• Upon resignation or death the stamp should be:: disabled by destroying, de- facing, damaging, erasing, or securing against use in which is it rendered unusable • Loss or theft of the stamping device should be:: promptly notify the depart- ment upon discovery
• Embossing seal is required or not required: not required
• Journal should be in order: Chronological
• Separate journals can be held for: tangible and electronic records
• Electronic journals should be: (2): 1. Tamper proof -
- Evident format that complies with the regulations of the department
• Journal entries should be made when:: contemporaneously with the act • Electronic records requires the notary be registered with the department (when): prior to use • Electronic records statute permits, but does not require, the notary official stamp that
contains: official signature
• Minimum age to become a Notary in PA: 18 years of age
• What is maximum amount of time to record bond, oath of office and com- mission at the 1 / 2
Recorder of Deeds in the county which the notary maintains an office?: 45 Days
• Under RULONA, what amount must surety bond from insurance company licensed in PA
in?: $10,000
• RULONA requires a surety company provide the Department of State how many days
notice before canceling the bond?: 30 Days
• The department of state may impose an administrative penalty on a Notary for each act or omission which constitutes a violation of Chapter 3 or on any person who performs a notarial act without being properly appointed and commissioned as
a Notary up to what amount?: $1,000.00
• A Notary's personal representative, guardian or any other person in posses- sion of the Notary
Journal has how many days to return Journal to Recorder of Deeds?: 30 Days
• Upon expiration of commission, or resignation of commission, or revo- cation of commission, the Notary must deliver the Notary Journal to the Recorder of Deeds within how
many days?: 30 Days
• State of PA's Notary commission application fee is how much?: $42.00
• Upon resignation or expiration, the stamping device should do all of the following
EXCEPT:
- Destroying
- Defacing
- Damaging
- Surrender possession: Surrender Possession
• Surrendering possession of the stamping device only used at times of: -
suspension or revocation • Who promulgates the rules and regulations under the Notary Act under Chapter 3 Sec
327(a): PA Department of State
• All of the following are permitted EXCEPT acknowledgements oaths and affirmations stamped signatures
verification's: Stamped Signatures
• The body of the document must contain the Commonwealth of Pennsylva- nia and The
County (T/F): True
• The notary Journal must contain all of the following: (6): 1. Date and time of act
- Type of act
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