CALIFORNIA NOTARY EXAM | QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (GRADED A+) | VERIFIED
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What is the consequence of willfully failing to deliver notarial records and
papers to the county clerk within 30 days? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----
------------Guilty of misdemeanor and personally liable for damages.
What is the maximum fee for taking an acknowledgment or proof of a
deed? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------$15 for each signature
taken.
What is the maximum fee for administering an oath or affirmation to one
person? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------$15.
What is the maximum fee for all services rendered in connection with the
taking of any deposition? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------$30,
plus $7 for administering the oath to the witness and $7 for the certificate to
the deposition.
Can a fee be charged to notarize signatures on vote by mail ballot
identification envelopes or other voting materials? ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------No.
What is the maximum fee for certifying a copy of a power of attorney under
Section 4307 of the Probate Code? ---------CORRECT ANSWER--------------
---$15.
,Is there a fee for notarization of an application or a claim for a pension,
allotment, allowance, compensation, insurance, or any other veteran's
benefit for a United States military veteran? ---------CORRECT ANSWER----
-------------No fee may be charged.
What is the maximum fee for executing the jurat when administering an
oath or affirmation to one person? ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------
-$15.
What is the maximum fee for writing the certificate when taking an
acknowledgment or proof of a deed? ---------CORRECT ANSWER------------
-----$15 for each signature taken.
What is the maximum fee for administering the oath to a witness when
taking a deposition? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------$7.
What is the maximum fee for the certificate to a deposition? ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------$7.
What is the maximum fee for all services rendered in connection with the
taking of a deposition? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------$30 plus
$7 for administering the oath to the witness and $7 for the certificate to the
deposition.
,Every person appointed a notary public shall execute an ofcial bond in the
sum of ffteen thousand dollars ($15 ---------CORRECT ANSWER--------------
---000). The bond shall be in the form of a bond executed by an admitted
surety insurer and not a deposit in lieu of bond.
A notary public who willfully fails to provide access to the sequential journal
of notarial acts when requested by a peace ofcer shall be subject to a civil
penalty not exceeding two thousand fve hundred dollars ($2 ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------500).
What is a notary public? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------An
official authorized to witness and certify legal documents.
What is Section 8206? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------A section
that requires notaries to obtain a thumbprint from signers.
What is the penalty for not obtaining a thumbprint? ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------A civil penalty of up to $2,500.
Who can bring an action to impose a civil penalty? ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------The Secretary of State in an administrative
proceeding or any public prosecutor in superior court.
How is a civil penalty enforced? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
As a civil judgment.
, What is the definition of improper notarial act? ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------An act required of a notary public under Section
8206 that is solicited, coerced, or influenced in any manner.
What is the penalty for a notary public who completes a certificate of
acknowledgment that contains false statements? ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------Civil penalties, administrative action, and criminal
offense
What is the purpose of the notary public sequential journal? ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------To record the identity of a person
making the acknowledgment or taking the oath or affirmation
What must the journal contain if identity was established based on
satisfactory evidence? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Statement
of identity based on satisfactory evidence
What is the purpose of the certificate of acknowledgment? ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------To certify that the notary public
witnessed the signing of a document
What is the penalty for a notary public who completes a certificate of
acknowledgment that contains false statements? ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------Civil penalties, administrative action, and criminal
offense
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