Definition: Acknowledgment - ANSWER 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 pu...
Notary Test QUESTIONS &
SOLUTIONS(GRADED A)
Definition: Acknowledgment - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER (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 - ANSWER a notarial act in which a notary certifies that a photocopy is an
accurate copy of a document that is neither a public record nor publicly recorded.
Definition: Electronic signature - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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 identity;
(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" - ANSWER an act that a notary is authorized 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 notary 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 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER any person commissioned to perform notarial acts under this chapter
Definition: "Oath" or "affirmation" - ANSWER 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 perjury.
Definition: Official misconduct - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER familiarity with an individual 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 - ANSWER (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 privilege card under Subsection 53-3-207(10); or
(ii) another document that is not considered valid for identification.
Definition: Signature witnessing - ANSWER 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.
An individual whom the lieutenant governor commissions as a notary may perform notarial acts in any
part of the state for a term of - ANSWER four years, unless the person resigns or the commission is
revoked or suspended under Section 46-1-19.
After commission expires: - ANSWER (i) After an individual's commission expires, the individual may not
perform a notarial act until the individual obtains a new commission.
(ii) An individual whose commission expires and who wishes to obtain a new commission shall submit a
new application, showing compliance with the requirements of this section.
A notarial commission is not effective until: - ANSWER (1) the notary named in the commission takes a
constitutional oath of office and files a $5,000 bond with the lieutenant governor that:
(a) a licensed surety executes for a term of four years beginning on the commission's effective date and
ending on the commission's expiration date; and
(b) conditions payment of bond funds to any person upon the notary's misconduct while acting in the
scope of the notary's commission; and
(2) the oath and bond are approved by the lieutenant governor.
A notary may perform the following acts: - ANSWER (a) a jurat;
(b) an acknowledgment;
(c) a signature witnessing;
(d) a copy certification; and
(e) an oath or affirmation.
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