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PA Notary Public Exam Question With
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The Secretary of the Commonwealth is authorized to appoint and commission notaries public for
a term of ______ years from the date of appointment. - answer✔4 years
Notary Public Law: Section 2
The jurisdiction of notaries public is coextensive with the boundaries of the
_________________. - 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. - answer✔18 years old
Notary Public Law: Section 3
Any person who is a notary public and who resides outside this Commonwealth shall be deemed
to have irrevocably appointed the ____________________________________________ as the
person's agent upon whom may be served any summons, subpoena, order or other process. -
answer✔Secretary of the Commonwealth
Notary Public Law: Section 3
Applications for appointment to the office of notary public shall be made to the
______________________________________________. - 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. - answer✔5 years
Notary Public Law: Section 5
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A notary applicant must complete at least _____ hours of approved notary education within the
_____ month period immediately preceding his application. - 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. - 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 of original
appointment by the notary within _______ days of such change. - 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. - 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 $___________________. - 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 of notary public. - answer✔two
Notary Public Law: Section 8
The notary bond ensures the faithful performance of the notary's duties and the delivery of
notary's register and seal to the office of the recorder of deeds of the proper county in case of the
death, resignation or disqualification of the notary within _______ days of such event. -
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. - answer✔office of the recorder of deeds
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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. - 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 ______ days after appointment or
reappointment. - answer✔45 days
Notary Public Law: Section 9
(In counties of the second class, such signature shall also be registered in the clerk of courts'
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 maintains an office. -
answer✔30 days
Notary Public Law: Section 9
(In counties of the second class, such signature shall also be registered in the clerk of courts'
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. -
answer✔commission
Notary Public Law: Section 9
Change of Name
Whenever the name of any notary is changed by decree of court, or otherwise, such notary may
continue to perform official acts, in the name in which he was commissioned, until the
______________________________. - 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. - answer✔Secretary of
the Commonwealth and recorder of deeds of county where he maintains an office
Notary Public Law: Section 10
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When certifying a copy of a document or other item, what must a notary public do? -
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 a notary
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.
- answer✔10 days
Notary Public Law: Section 22.1
Any person who violates the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of a summary offense
and upon conviction thereof shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $___________ or to
imprisonment not exceeding ________ days, or both. - 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 which the
notarial officer or the notarial officer's spouse has a direct or pecuniary interest. - answer✔may
not
RULONA 304
Notarial officer who takes an acknowledgment of a record shall determine, from
______________________________ or satisfactory evidence of the identity of the person, that
the Person appearing before notarial officer and making the acknowledgement is the person
claimed. - answer✔personal knowledge
RULONA 305
RULONA is the abbreviation for - answer✔Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts
RULONA 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. - answer✔Acknowledgment
RULONA 302
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