NEW YORK STATE NOTARY PUBLIC
LICENSE EXAM 2024 (QUESTIONS
AND 100% VERIFIED SOLUTIONS)
Notaries public are commissioned by _____________
The secretary of state
A/an _________ may be appointed a notary public without an examina;on
An a"orney admi<ed to prac;ce in new york state (bonus point: also exempt
are officially appointed court clerks in the ny state court system)
True/false:
non-residents of new york state who have offices or places of business in the
state may also become notaries.
True.
An office or place of business is sufficient.
,Notary public
(the full defini;on, as laid out in ny state law.)
A public officer who executes acknowledgements of deeds or wri;ngs in
order to render them available as evidence of the facts therein contained;
administers oaths and affirma;on as to the truth of statements contained in
papers or documents requiring the administra;on of an oath.
Laches
The delay or negligence in asser;ng one's legal rights.
The (1)_________ and (2)__________ of the notary must be filed in the office
of the county clerk of the county where the notary is located, or has office or
place of business
1) oath of office, 2) signature
Affiant
,The person who makes and subscribes their signature to an affidavit. (hint: the
term 'affiant' may be used interchangeably with the word deponent...
Remember this.)
Extra credit, from ny state law.
Fill in the blank:
"use of the office of notary in other than the ___________ procedure required
is viewed as a serious offense."
"specific, step-by-step"
True/false:
a notary public is allowed to administer an oath to herself or himself under
certain circumstances (by a reques;ng judge in a civil trial, or at the request of
the secretary of state)
False.
A notary public can never administer an oath to themselves.
True/false:
a jurat is not the affidavit.
True.
The jurat is the specific part of the document where the notary public cer;fies
, that the document was sworn to before her or him in person. The key words
here are: sworn and in person.
Guardian
A person in charge of a minor's person or property.
Bonus:
(from nys notary license law)
"equally unacceptable to the secretary of state is the __________
administra;on of oaths."
"slipshod"
The simplest form in which an oath may be administered:
"________________________?"
"do you solemnly swear that the contents of this affidavit subscribed by you is
correct and true?"
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