Anyone who defaces, destroys or otherwise purposefully damages a notary journal can be charged with which of the following: - Answer A misdemeanor
When notarizing a California sub-division map, what procedures must the notary follow? - Answer A California sub-division map does not require a ...
Notary Final Exam With Complete Solutions 2024+
Anyone who defaces, destroys or otherwise purposefully damages a notary journal can be charged with which of the following: - Answer A misdemeanor
When notarizing a California sub-division map, what procedures must the notary follow? - Answer A California sub-division map does not require a notary seal for proper notarization.
An attorney submitted a written request to a notary for a copy of a journal entry. What information must
the notary require before the request can be granted? - Answer The month and year of notarization, the name of the party, the type of document notarized.
An acknowledgment indicates that: - Answer The identity of the document signer was properly verified by the notary public.
Which of the following represents a correct procedural difference between taking an acknowledgment and administering a jurat? - Answer The signer of a document requiring an jurat must sign in front of the notary but a document requiring an acknowledgment may be signed prior to presentation to the notary.
There are sometimes instances when a signer has suffered a medical condition such as a stroke leaving the signer unable to write his or her signature. In these instances, the signer may use a mark such as an "x" instead of the signature. What is the correct notarial procedure for a document that is being signed with a mark? - Answer a. The notary must require two witnesses who will also sign the document after the original signer has made his or her mark. The witnesses' signatures means that they saw the signer make the mark under his or her own power.
b. Only one of the witnesses must subscribe the name of the document signer next to the mark and follow
that with his or her own signature. The other witness simply signs his or her name on the document as a witness. c. Someone, either one of the witnesses, the notary or anyone else must subscribe the document signer's name next to the mark that is made in the journal. Whoever subscribes the name of the signer next to the mark in the journal must also sign the journal.
d. All of the above
Which of the following statements is true? - Answer When using a single credible witness, that credible witness may either sign the journal or the notary must record the credible witness's identification document information in the journal, but not necessarily both.
Only an authorized seal manufacturer is allowed to sell notary seals and these may only be manufactured after the notary applicant has received his or her commissions. What is the fine for unauthorized duplication, manufacture or selling notary seals? - Answer $1,500
Any person acting as a notary without being duly commissioned and their action places an encumbrance on a party affecting title to real property (such as with a Deed of Trust) is guilty of: - Answer a felony
Any member of the public may request a photocopy of a journal entry provided the written requests contains the proper information concerning the notary act.
This includes the month and year the document was notarized, the name of the signer and the name of the document notarized. How much can the notary charge for providing this copy? - Answer $0.30
When completing an acknowledgment, the following phrase must be completed: On ________, before me, ___________________, personally appeared_____________________. ... - Answer Date of notarization, name of notary, name of document signer(s).
The purpose of a venue on a notarized document is: - Answer to denote where the document was notarized.
Whenever an employee of a governmental entity such as state, city, county, or public school district is specifically appointed and commissioned to act for and on behalf of the entity, an authorized representative of the employing governmental entity must execute a certificate that the appointment is made for the purposes of the employer. If that commissioned employee terminates his or her employment status, what becomes of the commission? - Answer a. The commission belongs to the notary and termination of employment does not affect the commission status.
b. Whenever a notary who obtained the commission for the purposes of an employer terminates his or her
position, the notary must always resign the commission.
c A notary who had a certificate filed that the appointment was made for the purposes of the governmental agency must resign the commission if the employee terminates employment.
d. Once commissioned, notaries are commissioned for life regardless of the circumstances.
Nancy Notary has misplaced her notary journal. What should she do? - Answer Notify the Secretary of State immediately that the journal has been lost?
Credible witnesses may be used in California to establish the identity of the document signer. When completing the journal entry, what information must be included about the credible witness(es)? - Answer a. No information must be included in the journal since the credible witnesses do not sign the document.
b If one credible witness is used, the notary must include the serial number and the date of issuance or expiration of the identifying document used to establish the identity of the credible witness or the credible witness must sign the journal, but not necessarily both.
c.
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