Notary Test |Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Updated & Verified | 2024
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Notary public
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Notary Public
Definition: Acknowledgment a notarial act in which a notary certifies that a signer, whose identity is
personally known to the notary or proven on the basis of satisfactory evidence, has admitted, in the
presence of the notary, to voluntarily signing a document for the document's stated purpose.
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Notary Test |Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Updated & Verified | 2024 Definition: Acknowledgment ✔✔a notarial act in which a notary certifies that a signer, whose identity is personally known to the notary or proven on the basis of satisfactory evidence, has admitted, in the presence of the notary, to voluntarily signing a document for the document's stated purpose. Definition: Commission ✔✔(a) to empower to perform notarial acts; or (b) the written document that gives authority to perform notarial acts, including the Certificate of Authority of Notary Public that the lieutenant governor issues to a notary. Definition: Copy certification ✔✔a notarial act in which a notary certifies th at a photocopy is an accurate copy of a document that is neither a public record nor publicly recorded. Definition: Electronic signature ✔✔an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record. Definition: Jurat ✔✔a notarial act in which a notary certifies: (a) the identity of a signer who: (i) is personally known to the notary; or (ii) provides the notary satisfactory evidence of the signer's identi ty; (b) that the signer affirms or swears an oath attesting to the truthfulness of a document; and (c) that the signer voluntarily signs the document in the presence of the notary. Definition: "Notarial act" or "notarization" ✔✔an act that a notary is aut horized to perform under Section 46 -1-6: (1) A notary may perform the following acts: (a) a jurat; (b) an acknowledgment; (c) a signature witnessing; (d) a copy certification; and (e) an oath or affirmation. (2) A notary may not: (a) perform an act as a no tary that is not described in Subsection (1); or (b) perform an act described in Subsection (1) if the person for whom the notary performs the notarial act is not in the physical presence of the notary at the time the notary performs the act. Definition: Notarial certificate ✔✔the affidavit described in Section 46 -1-6.5 that is: (a) a part of or attached to a notarized document; and (b) completed by the notary and bears the notary's signature and seal. Definition: Notary ✔✔any person commissioned to perform notarial acts under this chapter Definition: "Oath" or "affirmation" ✔✔a notarial act in which a notary certifies that a person made a vow or affirmation in the presence of the notary on penalty of p erjury. Definition: Official misconduct ✔✔a notary's performance of any act prohibited or failure to perform any act mandated by this chapter or by any other law in connection with a notarial act. Definition: Personally known ✔✔familiarity with an indivi dual resulting from interactions with that individual over a period of time sufficient to eliminate every reasonable doubt that the individual has the identity claimed. Definition: Satisfactory Evidence of identity ✔✔(a) "Satisfactory evidence of identity " means identification of an individual based on: (i) valid personal identification with the individual's photograph, signature, and physical description that the United States government, any state within the United States, or a foreign government issues; (ii) a valid passport that any nation issues; or (iii) the oath or affirmation of a credible person who is personally known to the notary and who personally knows the individual. (b) "Satisfactory evidence of identity" does not include: (i) a driving priv ilege card under Subsection 53 -3-207(10); or (ii) another document that is not considered valid for identification. Definition: Signature witnessing ✔✔a notarial act in which an individual: (a) appears in person before a notary and presents a document; (b) provides the notary satisfactory evidence of the individual's identity, or is personally known to the notary; and (c) signs the document in the presence of the notary. To qualify for a notarial commission an individual shall: ✔✔(a) be at least 18 years old; (b) lawfully reside in the state for at least 30 days immediately before the individual applies for a notarial commission; (c) be able to read, write, and understand English; (d) submit an application to the lieutenant governor containing no significa nt misstatement or omission of fact, that includes: (i) the individual's: (A) name as it will appear on the commission; (B) residential address; (C) business address; (D) daytime telephone number; and (E) date of birth; (ii) an affirmation that the individual meets the requirements of this section; (iii) an indication of any criminal convictions the individual has received, including a plea of admission or no contest; (iv) all issuances, denials, revocations, suspensions, restrictions, and resignations of a notarial commission or other professional license involving the applicant in this or any other state; (v) an indication that the individual has passed the examination described in Subsection (5); and (vi) payment of an application fee that the lieutenant governor establishes in accordance with Section 63J-1-504; and (e) (i) be a United States citizen; or (ii) have permanent resident status under Section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. The lieutenant governo r may deny an application based on: ✔✔(a) the applicant's conviction for a crime involving dishonesty or moral turpitude; (b) any revocation, suspension, or restriction of a notarial commission or professional license issued to the applicant by this or any other state;
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