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PENNSYLVANIA NOTARY PUBLIC EXAM
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PENNSYLVANIA NOTARY PUBLIC EXAMMinimum Age for becoming a Notary in PA - Answers -18 years of age ( Sec 321 a 1)
Maximum time requirement for the bond, oath of office and commission to be recorded
in the office of recorder of deeds of the county in which the Notary maintains an office -
Answers -45 Days
Under RULONA and applicant for a commission to obtain a surety bond from an
insurance company licensed in PA in the order of the amount - Answers -$10,000
RULONDA requires a surety company or issuing entity of the bond to give notice to the
Department of State before cancelling he bond withing - Answers -30 Days
Name change charge - Answers -Free - 30 days
letters of resignation are to be sent to - Answers -Dept of state
Bureau of Commissions, Elections, and Legislation
Harrisburg, PA
when resigning: papers and stamp must be released: - Answers -Papers to the county
office recorder or deeds within 30 days
rubber stamp delivered to Dept of State Bureau of commissions,... in 10 days
Cancelling the bond - Answers -30 days notice to the department
Official Signature registered in the county prothonotary office (50 cents fee) - Answers -
45 days after appointment/ reappointment
30 days after move to different county
official stamp wording requirements - Answers -"Commonwealth of Pennsylvania -
Notary Seal"
Name, "Notary Public"
county
Expiration Date:
Commission number
Official stamp border size: - Answers -Max ht: 1 inch Max width: 3.5 inches
plain border
stamping device security is responsibility of - Answers -notary
upon resignation or death the stamp should be: - Answers -disabled by destroying,
defacing, damaging, erasing, or securing against use in which is it rendered unusable
, upon suspension or revoking the stamp should be - Answers -surrendered to the
commission department
loss or theft of the stamping device should be: - Answers -promptly notified the
department upon discovery
embossing seal is - Answers -not required
Journal should be in _____________ order - Answers -chronological
seperate journals can be held for - Answers -tangible and electronic records
tangible journals should be - Answers -bound with numbered pages
electronic journals should be - Answers -tamper - evident format the complies with the
regulations of the department
journal entries should be made - Answers -contemporaneously with the act
Certified journal entry copies are permissible when - Answers -is properly applied for
electronic records requires the notary be registered with the department (when) -
Answers -prior to use
Electronic records statute permits, but doesn't not require, the notary official stamp that
contains - Answers -official signature
date of notarization
county and state of act
title of notarial officer
notary's expiration date.
electronic records requires that - Answers -notarial certificate be attached affixed or
associated with the electronic record.
The Notary Public's official stamp must contain all of the following (within the border)
except - Answers -the notary's physical address
The department of state may impose an administrative penalty on a Notary for each act
or omission which constitutes a violation of Chapter 3 or on any person who performs a
notarial act without being properly appointed and commissioned as a Notary up to -
Answers -$1000
A Notary's personal representative or guardian or any other person knowingly in
possession of the journal upon the death of or the adjudication of incompetency of the
Notary to delivery the journal tot he recorder of deeds in the county in which the Notary
has maintained an office withing - Answers -30 Days
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