PA NOTARY PUBLIC EXAM WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS 2024
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PA NOTARY PUBLIC
PA NOTARY PUBLIC EXAM WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS 2024 The Secretary of the Commonwealth is authorized to appoint and commission notariespublic for
a term of years from the date of appointment. - Correct answer-4 years
Notary Public Law: Section 2
PA NOTARY PUBLIC EXAM WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS 2024
The Secretary of the Commonwealth is authorized to appoint and commission notariespublic for
a term of years from the date of appointment. - Correct answer-4 years
Notary Public Law: Section 2
The jurisdiction of notaries public is coextensive with the boundaries of the
. - Correct answer-Commonwealth
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 answer-18 years old
Notary Public Law: Section 3
Any person who is a notary public and who resides outside this Commonwealth shall bedeemed
to have irrevocably appointed the as the person's agent uponwhom may be served any
summons, subpoena, order or other process. - Correct answer-Secretary of the Commonwealth
Notary Public Law: Section 3
Applications for appointment to the office of notary public shall be made to the
. - Correct answer-Secretary 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. - Correctanswer-5 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 answer-3 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 answer-2 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 oforiginal
appointment by the notary within days of such change. - Correct answer-5 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 answer-business
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 ofnotary public. - Correct
answer-two
Notary Public Law: Section 8
The notary bond ensures the faithful performance of the notary's duties and the deliveryof
notary's register and seal to the office of the recorder of deeds of the proper county incase of the
death, resignation or disqualification of the notary within days of such event. - Correct answer-
30 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 answer-office
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 answer-45 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 daysafter appointment or
reappointment. - Correct answer-45 days
Notary Public Law: Section 9
(In counties of the second class, such signature shall also be registered in the clerk ofcourts'
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 maintainsan office. - Correct
answer-30 days
Notary Public Law: Section 9
(In counties of the second class, such signature shall also be registered in the clerk ofcourts'
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 answer-commissionNotary Public Law: Section 9
Change of Name
Whenever the name of any notary is changed by decree of court, or otherwise, suchnotary may
continue to perform official acts, in the name in which he was
commissioned, until the . - Correct answer-
expiration 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 answer-Secretary of the Commonwealth and recorder of
deeds of county where hemaintains an office
Notary Public Law: Section 10
, When certifying a copy of a document or other item, what must a notary public do? -Correct
answer-shall 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 anotary
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 answer-10 days
Notary Public Law: Section 22.1
Any person who violates the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of a summaryoffense
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 whichthe
notarial officer or the notarial officer's spouse has a direct or pecuniary interest. - Correct
answer-may not
RULONA 304
Notarial officer who takes an acknowledgment of a record shall determine, from
or satisfactory evidence of the identity of theperson, that the Person appearing before
notarial officer and making the acknowledgement is the person claimed. - Correct answer-
personal knowledge RULONA 305
RULONA is the abbreviation for - Correct answer-Revised Uniform Law on Notarial ActsRULONA
301
" " is a declaration made in front of a notary that:
( 1 ) the person signed the record for the reason
stated in the record; and that
( 2 ) if the person signed as a representative, he did
so with proper authority. - Correct answer-AcknowledgmentRULONA 302
T/F?
The definition for "Conviction" does not have to include a sentence ordered by the court.
- Correct answer-TrueRULONA 302
Conviction means any of the following, even if a sentence was not ordered by a court:( 1 ) An
entry of a plea of guilty or "no contest".
( 2 ) A guilty verdict in a trial (with or without a jury).
( 3 ) Not guilty due to insanity, or guilty but mentally ill.
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