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California Notary Public Exam Preparation, Exams of Personal Health

A comprehensive overview of the rules, regulations, and requirements for becoming a notary public in California. It covers topics such as penalties for perjury, the oath of office process, obtaining a new certificate of authorization, prohibited use of 'notario publico,' consequences for notarizing fraudulent real estate documents, proper notarization procedures, identification requirements, notary obligations, and potential consequences for non-compliance. The document also addresses specific scenarios, including notarization by a subscribing witness, use of affirmations, limitations on notary services, and proper handling of the notary seal and journal. This guide provides comprehensive information for individuals seeking to become a notary public in California or those needing to understand the state's notary public requirements.

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2023/2024

Available from 07/27/2024

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What is the one requirement for notary becoming a California notary public? - Correct Answer Be a legal resident of California Your jurisdiction will be - Correct Answer The entire state of California A possible penalty for committing perjury is - Correct Answer 2 years in prison, 3 years in prison or 4 years in prison You have how many days to take your oath of office after your commencement date - Correct Answer 30 days if you request a new certificate of authorization, the state of California must respond within - Correct Answer 5 days The agency of the state that will give you the new certificate is - Correct Answer Secretary of State Using the words notario publico - Correct Answer Is prohibited If a notary willingly knowingly notarizes a real estate document that they know to be fraudulent, they are guilty of a - Correct Answer Felony Death certificates - Correct Answer Are not notarized A subscribing witness can bring you - Correct Answer Homestead declaration The penalty for starting a known false fact as true is now - Correct Answer $10, When do you officially become a notary? - Correct Answer When your oath and bond are filed What is the shape of the notary seal - Correct Answer Rectangular

What are the dimensions of the notary stamp? - Correct Answer 1 in in width by 2 and 1/2 in in length If you are one of the following concerning a document, you must not notarize it - Correct Answer Trustor or trustee The fine for overcharging for a non-immigration form is - Correct Answer up to $ The fine for not notifying the state that your stamp or journal was lost is - Correct Answer Up to $1, Willful failure to provide a peace officer with a journal when requested his punishable by a civil penalty up to - Correct Answer $2, What is the fine for failing to post signs in English and in other language that you use that you are not an attorney and cannot give legal advice - Correct Answer Up to $1,500 fine and at least one year suspension of commission and on second time revocation of commission for life When a regulation states 30 days it means - Correct Answer Calendar days 9/25/05 your commission will expire - Correct Answer 8/31/ The fee for notarizing a circular affidavit is - Correct Answer $ A notary can certify a copy of a power of attorney according to the - Correct Answer Probate code You may turn your journal over to - Correct Answer A piece officer with probable cause During the signature by mark process, how many people write the name of the X signer - Correct Answer One

if you move, you must contact the - Correct Answer secretary of state If you move, you must contact the proper authority within - Correct Answer 30 days If you give up your journal to a proper authority, you must notify the Secretary of State within - Correct Answer 10 days A commission is valid for _________years - Correct Answer 4 years Your 4-year notary bond is worth - Correct Answer $15, The statue of limitations for making a statement known to be false is - Correct Answer 4 years To be acceptable, IDs must be current or issued within the past - Correct Answer 5 years What does not need to be on a passport - Correct Answer Notaries signature Notary certificates are signed by - Correct Answer Notary An ID needs the holders - Correct Answer Picture, signature, physical description When taking an oath - Correct Answer Raising right hand is not required Notaries must - Correct Answer Keep their stamp and journal under their direct control When you resign a commission, you deliver all your papers to - Correct Answer County clerk where your current oath is on file If you fail to file the oath and bond on time - Correct Answer Your commission is void, you must pay $ to reapply, you must complete a new application

a notary seeking reappointment must retake the notary exam - Correct Answer every 4 years The fine for willful failure to notify the secretary of state of an address or name change is - Correct Answer $ notaries can withhold services - Correct Answer When their employer limits service to transactions related to the employer business; when a document is incomplete; or when they believe someone does not understand what they are signing Which is a true statement? - Correct Answer A notary does not have to charge a fee A notary may - Correct Answer not notarized documents that he or she will sign as corporate officers, notarize narrative documents, notarized foreign language Signers of the following documents must leave a right thumbprint - Correct Answer Power of attorney and trusteed for real estate A notary is obligated to - Correct Answer reimburse a surety company for bond funds paid out An affirmation - Correct Answer a legal equivalent of an oath but has no referral to a supreme being A non attorney notary qualified and bonded as an immigration consultant may charge up to $10 for - Correct Answer Completing a person's immigration application; oaths and affirmation; per signature on a Jurat a notary may not notarize - Correct Answer When they are a mortgager in a transaction for a first time applicant to get a commission they - Correct Answer must pass an exam; be fingerprinted; be at least 18 years of age a certificate of authorization maybe gotten - Correct Answer from the secretary of state

satisfactory evidence of identity means relying on either - Correct Answer ID cards or credible identifying witnesses a California notary may - Correct Answer take depositions and affidavits An oath is - Correct Answer an affirmation and a solemn spoken pledge is certified copy certified that the reproduction - Correct Answer is accurate influencing a notary to perform improperly is a - Correct Answer misdemeanor notaries shall not perform notary actions if they are - Correct Answer named as a principal in a financial transaction which of the following is signed in the presence of a notary - Correct Answer Jurat An acknowledgment certifies that underpenalty of perjury - Correct Answer signers identity was satisfactorily proven to notary; the signer admits that they signed the document; the signer appeared before the notary a man inherits a property in Alabama with his sister and they must send an affidavit to the court. he can have a friend notarize his signature and - Correct Answer he can't do either notarization notaries obtained their seals from the - Correct Answer approved vendors for manufacturers when a subscribing witness brings a document the action is called - Correct Answer proof of execution if a principal cannot appear, the document may be brought to the notary by - Correct Answer One subscribing witness

a subscribing witness is placed under oath and asked - Correct Answer did you sign as a witness; did the signer acknowledge their signing; did the signer ask you to get the documents notarized and embossed seal impression - Correct Answer is acceptable but not required which of the following lists are all notary actions - Correct Answer proof of execution, Jurat, oath of office acknowledgment credible witnesses - Correct Answer must not have financial interest in the document if you resign a position with your employer - Correct Answer notify the secretary of state of any business address change a military notary - Correct Answer charges no fees a person who is not commissioned and holds herself out as a notary is - Correct Answer misdemeanor an employer of a notary can - Correct Answer copy journal entries of business generated documents in front of the notary a notary must respond to a request for a transaction within__________days - Correct Answer 15 The notary or security bond protects the - Correct Answer public The only documents that do not require a seal are - Correct Answer subdivision maps The county named in the venue is where - Correct Answer The signer personally appeared if a person has no right thumb and a thumbprint is needed - Correct Answer use any finger, make a note of this problem and use the left thumb

if asked to notarize an incomplete document, a notary should - Correct Answer refuse A notary seal must - Correct Answer be photographically reproducible and contain an expiration date; contain the state seal and the words notary public; have a serrated or milled edge border The most frequently completed form is - Correct Answer the acknowledgment Linda Martinez, a law student, is starting a business as an immigration consultant. she may not advertise

  • Correct Answer that she is a notary public which items must always be put in the journal - Correct Answer date, time, type of document, fees some of the elements of a seal are - Correct Answer state seal and notary's name; expiration date of commission and county where oath is on file; sequential ID number of manufactured and notaries sequential commission number a notary may not advertise - Correct Answer the Spanish terms Notario Publico or notario The main purpose of a credible identifying witness is to - Correct Answer identify a signer A proof of execution may be performed on a: - Correct Answer Deed of reconveyance a notary who does not deliver papers to a county clerk after they allow a commission to expired is - Correct Answer guilty of a misdemeanor A certificate reads: subscribe and sworn to me before August 5th 2007 by____________ whose name goes on the blank - Correct Answer signer You are not automatically disqualified from doing a notarization when you are a - Correct Answer real estate agent

by contract and employee and employer can - Correct Answer limit services solely to their business By using the term Notario Publico in an advertisement, the notaries commission could be - Correct Answer suspended for a period of not less than 1 year and revoked on the second offense a notary may not charge a fee for notarization on - Correct Answer a circular affidavit a notary may use his or her commission - Correct Answer to notarize for veterans and notary who engages in the unauthorized practice of law may face - Correct Answer commission denial; commission revocation; commission suspension When can your notary commission be suspended and/or revoked? - Correct Answer not paying child support When a notary is employed by a city, county or state agency, fees collected for non-agency related notarization are - Correct Answer Remitted by the notary public to the employing agency it is allowable for a notary to notarize for a family member when acting as a - Correct Answer employee a notary can notarize documents to be filled in another state but - Correct Answer can't certify sign or hold a particular capacity an oath to a witness - Correct Answer can use phrase under "penalty of perjury" if your employer, John Smith, asks to see your journal, which you use in business, to see who is giving him the most business, you should - Correct Answer let him see Only the items pertaining to his business in the case of the death of a notary public, the personal representative of the deceased shall - Correct Answer promptly notify the Secretary of State and send their papers and records to the county where the oath is recorded

No fees may be charged for verifying - Correct Answer nomination document or circulars affidavit When performing a signature by mark notarization - Correct Answer The signer must make his or her mark in the notaries journal a notary public can notarize a signature on a document that - Correct Answer is in a foreign language which of the following must be included in a journal - Correct Answer character of every document if a credible witness personally knows the signer and the notary - Correct Answer Only when witness is needed When the last day for filing an instrument or other document with a state agency falls upon a Saturday or holiday, such act may be performed - Correct Answer upon the next business day notaries need not record in their journals - Correct Answer The signers address When the venue of the notary certificate has been filed in the beforehand with an inaccurate state and county, the notary must - Correct Answer line through the end applicable words, writing in the correct state and county any person who coerce a notary to perform improperly is guilty of - Correct Answer misdemeanor effectively July 1 2005 all appointed persons must complete - Correct Answer 6 hours of study The main purpose of an acknowledgment is to - Correct Answer authenticate signatures; establishmental competence; require personal appearance When notarizing a document containing an acknowledgment, the Notary - Correct Answer May accept a document that has already been signed

to communicate with a secretary of state about a change in address - Correct Answer a notary must communicate the change of address when it is a business address; a notary must communicate the change when it is a resident address; by certified mail within 30 days When is an oath involved with an acknowledgment - Correct Answer When the signer utilizes a credible witness ID One main purpose of a Jurat is to - Correct Answer Make sure the signer signs in front of the notary to establish proper ID the notary must accept which of the following from the principal - Correct Answer two credible witnesses with IDs who personally know the principal; credible witness personally known by the notary and principal with proper ID semicolon The proper ID current issued in the last 5 years exceptions to personal appearance by the principal are - Correct Answer subscribing witness A foreign passport must have one additional item - Correct Answer stamp from US immigration to meet the 30 calendar day filing limit of the oath with the county you must - Correct Answer allow for any form of delay a judgment is lodged against a notary for $22,000 and the bonding company pays $15,000 to the client The notary is liable for - Correct Answer $22, The key wording of an acknowledgement is - Correct Answer personally appeared a subscribing witness can be identified by - Correct Answer one credible witness known to the subscribing witness and the notary who has ID The true statement below about qualifications is, you must be - Correct Answer resident of California

it is never acceptable to fix a notary seal and signature to a document without - Correct Answer The notorial wording if a notary isn't able to communicate with a customer the notary - Correct Answer refer them to someone who speaks their language in foreign language advertising regulations there are strict rules but the one exception is - Correct Answer a single desk plaque When a public agency pays an employee's expenses, the fees - Correct Answer Shelby remitted to the agency When a check has not been honored for payment, the Secretary of State shall give a written notice. if no correction is done on a second notice of cancellation she'll be effective when - Correct Answer 20 days Why are two witnesses for a signature by mark necessary? - Correct Answer To view the making or the acknowledging of the mark You are notarizing a document for a personal friend. Which of the following must be included in your journal? - Correct Answer Signer's driver's license number; type of document, notary fee A written request for photocopy of a journal entry must contain? - Correct Answer Type of document, month and year of notarization of names of parties A right thumbprint is not required in the notary journal for a - Correct Answer Deed of reconveyance If a private employer and an employee enter into an agreement - Correct Answer Notary actions can be limited to business transactions An expired California drivers license was issued 52 months before presentation to you - Correct Answer It is acceptabe as identification

Notaries may not certify a copy of a - Correct Answer Journal entry requested by a member of the public When a notary changes a business to a new country within California - Correct Answer The notary must notify the secretary of state of the address change Two credible witnesses - Correct Answer Are not allow