Notary Exam Already Graded A+
1. What is the primary function of a notary?
Answer: To verify a signer's identity.
2. What is the relationship between the notary and the signer?
Answer: To authenticate the signer's identity.
3. Who must you notify when you resign your commission?
Answer:...
Notary Exam Already Graded A+
1. What is the primary function of a notary?
Answer: To verify a signer's identity.
2. What is the relationship between the notary and the signer?
Answer: To authenticate the signer's identity.
3. Who must you notify when you resign your commission?
Answer: The Secretary of State.
4. What must you do with your journals when your commission comes to an end?
Answer: Surrender them to the County Clerk within 30 calendar days.
5. How many days do you have to surrender your journals to the County Clerk when your commission
comes to an end?
Answer: 30 calendar days.
6. What must you do with your journals if you are renewing in a good standing?
Answer: Keep them, as you can use the same journal in your next commission.
7. When must your oath and bond be filed if you received your commission in the mail on January 5,
2020, and your commission commencement date is January 1, 2020?
,Answer: January 31, 2020.
8. Can you notarize a signature on a document if you are named as a vendee, mortgagor, or principal to
the transaction?
Answer: No, it is not allowed if you are named as any of these parties.
9. What is the LIMITED FUND that the surety pays as a PUBLIC LIABILITY PROTECTION (also known as the
bond)?
Answer: $15,000.
10. Who purchases the PUBLIC LIABILITY PROTECTION from a California Admitted Surety Insurer?
Answer: The notary.
11. Whom does the bond protect?
Answer: The public.
12. Who would be liable in a civil action - the notary or the surety?
Answer: Both the notary and the surety, but the notary must reimburse the surety.
13. What is a surety?
Answer: A person who agrees to be primarily responsible for the debt of another, such as a cosigner on
a note.
14. What is the fine for failing to notify about name and address change?
,Answer: $500.
15. What is the fine for overcharging?
Answer: $750.
16. What is the fine for AWI-- advertising, willful, immigration?
Answer: $1,500.
17. What is the fine for thumbs and guns (handguns)?
Answer: $2,500 or $25 hundred (depending on how it is written).
18. What is the fine for Negligence, Overcharging, No Oath (NO NO 7-5-0)?
Answer: $750.
19. What happens when a check is cancelled - does it affect a notary's commission?
Answer: No, it does not affect a notary's commission (cancelled check means cancelled commission).
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May you notarize a signature on a document if you are named as a...
Vendee? ✅No
May you notarize a signature on a document if you are named as a...
Mortgager? ✅No
, May you notarize a signature on a document if you are named as a...
Principal to the Transaction? ✅No
Is it legal to notarize a document if acting in the capacity of an...
a. Attorney:
b. Insurer:
c. Employee: ✅a. Yes
b. Yes
c. Yes (as long as you do not directly benefit)
May you notarize a signature on a document if you are named as a...
Attorney? ✅Yes
May you notarize a signature on a document if you are named as a...
Insurer? ✅Yes
May you notarize a signature on a document if you are named as a...
Employee? ✅Yes (as long as you don't directly benefit)
What is one reason NOT to notarize for your spouse? ✅Community Property Laws
Jane Doe marries John Adeer, becoming Jan Doe-Adeer. What is the first thing she must do for that
name change? ✅a. File a name change application with the Secretary of State.
b. She will also need to refile her bond and obtain a new seal.
a. Your boss moved her business to a new county. What MUST you do?
b. What MUST you do with your oath and bond? ✅a. Notify the secretary of state
b. NOTHING... re-filling in the new county is optional for an address change
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