Michael's Ohio Notary Study Guide 2024/2025 Questions With Complete Solutions
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Ohio Notary
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Ohio Notary
Michael's Ohio Notary Study Guide 2024/2025 Questions With Complete Solutions
Notary requires... [Correct Ans: - 3 hour education requirement
Notary public [Correct Ans: - public officer appointed and commission by the secretary of state of ohio to serve the public as an impartial witness in...
Michael's Ohio Notary Study
Guide 2024/2025 Questions
With Complete Solutions
Notary requires... [Correct Ans: - 3 hour education requirement
Notary public [Correct Ans: - public officer appointed and commission by the
secretary of state of ohio to serve the public as an impartial witness in performing
specific acts authorized by law.
2 types of notaries: [Correct Ans: - traditional notary public commission.
Online notary public commission
Traditional notary [Correct Ans: - meets in person with the signer
Verifies the signer's identity
Completes a notary certificate
Online notary [Correct Ans: - meets the signer over a web-cam
Documents are electronic
Notary certificate, signatures and seal are electronic
A traditional notary does not have the authority to perform online notarizations.
[Correct Ans: - a separate commission is required!
To be appointed as a notary in ohio, you have to meet certain qualifications.
[Correct Ans: - 18 years of age or older
Must be a legal resident that is residing or primarily employed in ohio.
No official misconduct or incapacity
Complete a course on notary duties and pass an online state traditional notary
exam.
Application procedure [Correct Ans: - applicant's name
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Address
Date of birth
Criminal records check
Signature image
3-hour training completion certificate
$15 application fee
Personal information must include name
Must be legal name, not fictitious or assumed
There are 3 reasons ohio state will reject an application: [Correct Ans: - questions
are skipped
Questions are not answered in a professional manner
Signature is missing
What your commission allows and what's expected. Once commission received:
[Correct Ans: - you will serve a 5 year term
You have statewide jurisdiction
You can perform notarial acts anywhere in ohio
You may notarize documents from other states and countries... [Correct Ans: - as
long as you and the signer are in ohio when the notarization takes place.
First basic role as a notary [Correct Ans: - serve the general public.
To fulfill your role as a public servant: serve all persons who present a lawful and
reasonable request for service.
Lawful request: [Correct Ans: - conforms to the requirements of ohio law.
Reasonable request [Correct Ans: - not expected to serve 24 hours a day, seven
days a week. Allowed to set certain hours for notarizations. :i notarize from 8 to 5,
monday through friday, with an hour for lunch.
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If somebody asks you to drop everything and notarize right now. It is.. [Correct Ans:
- not reasonable. You can refuse the request. Offer to sign via an appointment at a
later time.
The only exception to the requirement for notaries to honor all lawful and
reasonable requests for services is: [Correct Ans: - if a notary has been restricted by
his or her employer.
The secretary of state's office says that, during normal business hours, employers
have the right to limit the services of their notary-employees to customers of the
employer's business
If not employer restricted: notary must notarize for non-customers.
Ohio employers are liable for the misconduct of their notaries.
It is a misconduct for notaries to ignore the law regarding lawful and reasonable
requests unless employer limited their services.
Never refuse service based on a signer's age, gender, religion, nationality, ethnicity,
lifestyle, politics, or other personal attributes.
You may only refuse notarizations: [Correct Ans: - when you have been restricted
by an employer, or
When signer makes an unlawful or unreasonable request.
Second basic role of a notary: [Correct Ans: - primary objective in getting a
document notarized: have an impartial witness to the signatures on the document.
As a notary, you may have to remove yourself from the notarization: [Correct Ans: -
the law: you may not notarize when you are a party to, or have a financial interest
in, the underlying transaction.
Your impartiality is compromised in situations where you benefit.
Standard notary fee: this is the only way you may benefit from a notarization.
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