OHIO NOTARY EXAM SCRIPT 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Commissioners may, without fee and within Ohio, administer oaths, take
acknowledgements, and attest the execution of any instruments of writing only in
connection with or used before the __________________. - ✔✔veterans' administration
✔✔T/F? A person who is not a legal resident of Ohio and who is not an attorney is
qualified to be an Ohio commissioned notary public. - ✔✔False - A person who is not a
legal resident of Ohio CAN be a commissioned notary public of Ohio IF he is also an
attorney admitted to the practice of law in Ohio by the Ohio supreme court, AND has his
principal place of business or primary practice in Ohio.
✔✔The secretary of state may revoke a commission on presentation of satisfactory
evidence of official misconduct or _______________. - ✔✔Incapacity
✔✔Before a person is appointed a notary, he must produce to the secretary of state a
___________ from a judge or justice of the court of common please, court of common
appeals, or supreme court. - ✔✔Certificate
✔✔If an applicant for notary is not an Ohio attorney, he must submit a certificate that he
is a citizen of the ____________ where he resides. - ✔✔county
✔✔No judge shall issue a certificate required a notary public applicant until he is
satisfied that applicant possess the necessary qualification and _________________
that the judge or justice may prescribe. - ✔✔passed an examination
✔✔A notary who violates the oath of office shall be removed from office by the court of
common pleas of the county in which the notary resides. The person so removed shall
be which the notary resides. The person so removed shall be (eligible/ineligible) for
reappointment of the office of notary public. - ✔✔Ineligible
✔✔The notarial seal must contain the coat of arms of __________________. - ✔✔Ohio
✔✔Generally, the notarial seal may contain the name of the ______________. -
✔✔notary. OR be printed, typewritten, or stamped in legible, printed letters near his
signature on each document signed by him.
✔✔A notary shall obtain an _____________ in which he shall record a copy of every
certificate of pretest and copy of note. - ✔✔Official register
, ✔✔__________________ shall maintain a of the commissions of each notary public
appointed and commissioned by the secretary of state under this law and make an
index. - ✔✔Secretary of state
✔✔If a notary legally changes his name or address, the notary shall notify the secretary
of state and the __________________ within 30 days after the name or address
change. - ✔✔Appropriate clerk of courts
✔✔T/F? A notary can receive, make, and record notarial protests. - ✔✔TRUE - Can
also administer oaths required or authorized by law, and take and certify depositions,
acknowledgments of deeds, mortgages, liens, powers of attorney, and other
instruments of writing.
✔✔In taking depositions, a notary has the power that is by law vested in judges of
county courts to:
1 compel the ______________ of witnesses and
2 punish them from refusing to testify. - ✔✔Attendance
✔✔Who is required to serve and return all process issued by notaries public in the
taking of depositions? - ✔✔Sheriffs and constables
✔✔If a notary is removed from office because he failed to administer an oath, the notary
is ineligible to reappointment for the period of ____ years. - ✔✔3 years
✔✔T/F? Secretary of state shall maintain a record of the commissions of each notary
public appointed and commissioned by the secretary of state under this law and make
an index. - ✔✔True
✔✔If a notary legally changes his name or address, the notary shall notify the
____________________________________ within 30 days after the name or address
change. - ✔✔secretary of state and the appropriate clerks of courts
✔✔A notary, other than an attorney, who resigns the person's commission shall deliver
to _______________________, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, a written
notice indicating the effective date of resignation. - ✔✔secretary of state
✔✔A fee of $0.10 for each 100 words is charged by notaries for
_______________________. - ✔✔Recording an instrument required to be recorded by
a notary public.
✔✔The fee for taking and certifying an affidavit is $____. - ✔✔$1.50
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Commissioners may, without fee and within Ohio, administer oaths, take
acknowledgements, and attest the execution of any instruments of writing only in
connection with or used before the __________________. - ✔✔veterans' administration
✔✔T/F? A person who is not a legal resident of Ohio and who is not an attorney is
qualified to be an Ohio commissioned notary public. - ✔✔False - A person who is not a
legal resident of Ohio CAN be a commissioned notary public of Ohio IF he is also an
attorney admitted to the practice of law in Ohio by the Ohio supreme court, AND has his
principal place of business or primary practice in Ohio.
✔✔The secretary of state may revoke a commission on presentation of satisfactory
evidence of official misconduct or _______________. - ✔✔Incapacity
✔✔Before a person is appointed a notary, he must produce to the secretary of state a
___________ from a judge or justice of the court of common please, court of common
appeals, or supreme court. - ✔✔Certificate
✔✔If an applicant for notary is not an Ohio attorney, he must submit a certificate that he
is a citizen of the ____________ where he resides. - ✔✔county
✔✔No judge shall issue a certificate required a notary public applicant until he is
satisfied that applicant possess the necessary qualification and _________________
that the judge or justice may prescribe. - ✔✔passed an examination
✔✔A notary who violates the oath of office shall be removed from office by the court of
common pleas of the county in which the notary resides. The person so removed shall
be which the notary resides. The person so removed shall be (eligible/ineligible) for
reappointment of the office of notary public. - ✔✔Ineligible
✔✔The notarial seal must contain the coat of arms of __________________. - ✔✔Ohio
✔✔Generally, the notarial seal may contain the name of the ______________. -
✔✔notary. OR be printed, typewritten, or stamped in legible, printed letters near his
signature on each document signed by him.
✔✔A notary shall obtain an _____________ in which he shall record a copy of every
certificate of pretest and copy of note. - ✔✔Official register
, ✔✔__________________ shall maintain a of the commissions of each notary public
appointed and commissioned by the secretary of state under this law and make an
index. - ✔✔Secretary of state
✔✔If a notary legally changes his name or address, the notary shall notify the secretary
of state and the __________________ within 30 days after the name or address
change. - ✔✔Appropriate clerk of courts
✔✔T/F? A notary can receive, make, and record notarial protests. - ✔✔TRUE - Can
also administer oaths required or authorized by law, and take and certify depositions,
acknowledgments of deeds, mortgages, liens, powers of attorney, and other
instruments of writing.
✔✔In taking depositions, a notary has the power that is by law vested in judges of
county courts to:
1 compel the ______________ of witnesses and
2 punish them from refusing to testify. - ✔✔Attendance
✔✔Who is required to serve and return all process issued by notaries public in the
taking of depositions? - ✔✔Sheriffs and constables
✔✔If a notary is removed from office because he failed to administer an oath, the notary
is ineligible to reappointment for the period of ____ years. - ✔✔3 years
✔✔T/F? Secretary of state shall maintain a record of the commissions of each notary
public appointed and commissioned by the secretary of state under this law and make
an index. - ✔✔True
✔✔If a notary legally changes his name or address, the notary shall notify the
____________________________________ within 30 days after the name or address
change. - ✔✔secretary of state and the appropriate clerks of courts
✔✔A notary, other than an attorney, who resigns the person's commission shall deliver
to _______________________, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, a written
notice indicating the effective date of resignation. - ✔✔secretary of state
✔✔A fee of $0.10 for each 100 words is charged by notaries for
_______________________. - ✔✔Recording an instrument required to be recorded by
a notary public.
✔✔The fee for taking and certifying an affidavit is $____. - ✔✔$1.50
