The Secretary of the Commonwealth is authorized to appoint and commission notaries public for a term of ______ years from the date of appointment.
4 years
Notary Public Law: Section 2
The jurisdiction of notaries public is coextensive with the boundaries of the _________________.
Commonwe...
PA Notary Public Exam
The Secretary of the Commonwealth is authorized to appoint and commission notaries public for a term of ______ years from the date of appointment. correct answer4 years
Notary Public Law: Section 2
The jurisdiction of notaries public is coextensive with the boundaries of the _________________. correct answerCommonwealth
Notary Public Law: Section 2
Any person who is _______ years of age or over, who resides or is employed within this commonwealth and who is of good character, integrity and ability shall be eligible for the office of notary public. correct answer18 years old
Notary Public Law: Section 3
Any person who is a notary public and who resides outside this Commonwealth shall be deemed to have
irrevocably appointed the ____________________________________________ as the person's agent upon whom may be served any summons, subpoena, order or other process. correct answerSecretary of
the Commonwealth
Notary Public Law: Section 3
Applications for appointment to the office of notary public shall be made to the ______________________________________________. correct answerSecretary of the Commonwealth
Notary Public Law: Section 5
An applicant for notary public shall not have been convicted of or pled guilty or "nolo contendere" to a felony or a lesser offense incompatible with the duties of a notary public during the ______ year period preceding the date of the application. correct answer5 years
Notary Public Law: Section 5
A notary applicant must complete at least _____ hours of approved notary education within the _____ month period immediately preceding his application. correct answer3 hours, 6 months Notary Public Law: Section 5
Application for Reappointment. Applications for reappointment to the office of notary public shall be filed at least ______ months prior to the expiration of the commission under which the notary is acting. correct answer2 months
Notary Public Law: Section 6
If the notary changes his office address within the Commonwealth, notice in writing or electronically shall be given to the Secretary and the recorder of deeds of the county of original appointment by the notary within _______ days of such change. correct answer5 days Notary Public Law: Section 7
A notary public vacates his office by removing the notary's residence and _______________ address from the Commonwealth, and such removal shall constitute a resignation from the office of notary public as of the date of removal. correct answerbusiness Notary Public Law: Section 7
Every notary, upon appointment and prior to entering the duties of notary public, shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office, and shall file a surety bond, payable to the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, in the amount of $___________________. correct answer$10,000
Notary Public Law: Section 8
Every notary bond shall have as surety a duly authorized surety company or__________ sufficient individual sureties, to be approved by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of notary public. correct answertwo Notary Public Law: Section 8
The notary bond ensures the faithful performance of the notary's duties and the delivery of notary's register and seal to the office of the recorder of deeds of the proper county in case of the death, resignation or disqualification of the notary within _______ days of such event. correct answer30 days Notary Public Law: Section 8 The notary public bond, as well as the commission and oath of office, shall be recorded in the __________________________________ of the county in which the notary maintains an office at the time of appointment or reappointment. correct answeroffice of the recorder of deeds
Notary Public Law: Section 8
If a notary public fails to give bond and cause the bond and the commission and oath to be recorded within _____ days after the beginning of the term, his commission shall be null and void. correct answer45 days Notary Public Law: Section 8
The official notary signature shall be registered, in the "Notary Register" in the prothonotary's office of county where the notary maintains an office, within ______ days after appointment or reappointment. correct answer45 days Notary Public Law: Section 9
(In counties of the second class, such signature shall also be registered in the clerk of courts' office within said period.)
If a notary moves his office to another county, he must within ______ days thereafter register his signature in the prothonotary's office of county where the notary maintains an office. correct answer30 days Notary Public Law: Section 9
(In counties of the second class, such signature shall also be registered in the clerk of courts' office within said period.)
In acting as a notary public, a notary shall sign the notary's name exactly and only as it appears on the __________________ or otherwise execute the notary's electronic signature in a manner that attributes
such signature to the notary public identified on the commission. correct answercommission
Notary Public Law: Section 9
Change of Name
Whenever the name of any notary is changed by decree of court, or otherwise, such notary may continue to perform official acts, in the name in which he was commissioned, until the ______________________________. correct answerexpiration of term
Notary Public Law: Section 10 When a notary changes his name, he must within thirty (30) days after entry of a name change decree, or after such name change, if not by decree of court, notify the ________________________________________ of such name change. correct answerSecretary of the Commonwealth and recorder of deeds of county where he maintains an office
Notary Public Law: Section 10
When certifying a copy of a document or other item, what must a notary public do? correct answershall determine that the proffered copy is a full, true and accurate transcription or reproduction of that which
was copied. Notary Public Law: Section 12
If an application or renewal is rejected, or a commission is revoked or recalled, or if a notary public resigns, applicant or notary shall deliver the seal to the Department of State within ________ days after notice from the department or from date of resignation, as the case may be. correct answer10 days Notary Public Law: Section 22.1
Any person who violates the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of a summary offense and upon conviction thereof shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $___________ or to imprisonment not
exceeding ________ days, or both. correct answer$300, 90 days
Notary Public Law: Section 22.1
A notarial officer (may/may not) perform a notarial act with respect to a record in which the notarial officer or the notarial officer's spouse has a direct or pecuniary interest. correct answermay not
RULONA 304
Notarial officer who takes an acknowledgment of a record shall determine, from ______________________________ or satisfactory evidence of the identity of the person, that the Person appearing before notarial officer and making the acknowledgement is the person claimed. correct answerpersonal knowledge
RULONA 305
RULONA is the abbreviation for correct answerRevised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts
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