Notary Public EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Which of the following items must be filed with the county
clerk's office:
A.) An application for name change.B.) An application for change of business or residence address.C.) An application for appointment.D.) A request for approval to notarize confidential marriages.D.) A request for approval to notarize confidential marriages.A, B and C are filed with the Secretary of State's office.
If a notary is notarizing loan documents and the lender has pre-printed the Borrowers' names on the notarial certificates contained within the loan documents, which of the following
statements is true:
A.) The notary may be prosecuted for fraud if he strikes, from a notarial certificate, the name of a signer who did not personally appear before him.
B.) The Secretary of State may suspend the notary's commission if the notary affixes his seal to an acknowledgment certificate that is not completely filled out in the notary's own handwriting.C.) The notary will not be subject to civil penalties if he signs each acknowledgment certificate in his own handwriting.D.) The notary may back-date the acknowledgment certificates if the borrowers actually signed the loan documents the previous day.C.) The notary will not be subject to civil penalties if he signs each acknowledgment certificate in his own handwriting.A notary must sign each notarial certificate in his own handwriting. If another person signs a notary's name to a notarial certificate, that person may be guilty of forgery.
Which of the following statements is true:
A.) If a notary resigns his commission, the notary shall deliver his books and records to the Secretary of State's office via certified mail within 30 days.
B.) If a notary resigns his commission, the notary shall deliver his books and records to the county clerk's office where his oath and bond are on file within 30 days.C.) If a notary appointed to a military reservation has his employment there terminated, the notary shall notify the Secretary of State's office within 30 days of such termination.D.) If a notary requests a duplicate seal certificate from the Secretary of State's office because his seal was rendered unworkable, the Secretary of State shall send the notary a new seal certificate of authorization within 30 days of receipt.B.) If a notary resigns his commission, the notary shall deliver his books and records to the county clerk's office where his oath and bond are on file within 30 days.Notarial books and records must be delivered to the county clerk's office within 30 days. C is not true because the COMMANDING OFFICER, not the notary, must notify the Secretary of State. D is not true because the Secretary of State sends the new certificate of authorization within 5 days, not 30 days.
The Secretary of State's office need not be notified of which
of the following:
A.) Immediately when a notary's journal and/or seal are lost or stolen.B.) Within 30 days of a notary's change of business or residence address.C.) Immediately when a notary's biometric thumbprint pad is stolen.D.) Within 10 days if the notary relinquishes his journal to a peace officer.C.) Immediately when a notary's biometric thumbprint pad is stolen.
A principal executes a trustee's deed and requests a subscribing witness present the document for notarization.The notary personally knows a credible witness who is used to properly identify the subscribing witness. Who must sign the notary's journal?The subscribing witness.
