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Accelerate your preparation for the New York State Notary Public Exam with this comprehensive Q&A bank. Featuring 113 essential multiple-choice questions and verified answers , this targeted study material ensures you master the exact legal terms, concepts, and scenarios you will face on test day. Why You Need This Q&A Bank
- Focused Preparation: The NYS exam requires a solid understanding of Executive Law, Real Property Law, and Penal Law. This guide hones in on heavily tested topics to prevent last-minute cramming.
- Verified Answers: Eliminate the guesswork. Every question is paired with a verified answer so you can study with absolute confidence.
- Builds Test Endurance: Familiarize yourself with the multiple-choice format, tricky legal definitions, and situational questions to breeze through your exam smoothly. What Is Covered Our 113 Questions & Verified Answers package breaks down the core competencies outlined by the NYS Department of State, including:
- Notarial Acts: Deep dives into Acknowledgments, Jurats, Oaths, and Affirmations.
- Fees & Prohibited Acts: Knowing exactly what you can charge (e.g., $2.00 per signature) and legal restrictions regarding unauthorized practice of law.
- Identification Rules: Understanding acceptable IDs, personal knowledge, and satisfactory evidence requirements.
- Legal Jurisdictions: Rules on where a notary can act and jurisdiction limits. Quiz_________________? ___ is anything of value given to induce someone to enter into a contract -
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consideration Quiz_________________? ____ is a writing or writings which evidence both an obligation to pay money and a security interest in specific goods -
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chattel paper Quiz_________________? ____ means to do a hearing or examination in the presence of, or on papers filed by, one party in the absence of the other -
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Ex parte Quiz_________________? _____ is the placing of an instrument in the hands of a person as a depository who on the happening of an event must deliver it to a third person. -
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a ___ is a copy of a public record signed and certified as true copy by the public official having custody of the original. -
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certified copy Quiz_________________? A ___ is a decree of a court declaring that one party is indebted to another and fixing the amount of such indebtedness -
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judgement Quiz_________________? A ___ is an agreement between competent parties to do or not do certain things for legal consideration. -
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contract Quiz_________________? A _____ is one who makes an oath to a written statement -
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deponent Quiz_________________? A ______ is a written instrument given to pass title of a personal property from vendor to vendee. -
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bill of sale Quiz_________________? a (statute/affidavit) is a signed statement, duly sworn, before a notary public or other officer authorized to administer oaths. -
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affidavit Quiz_________________? A certification of a notarial signature is issued by the court? -
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FALSE - a certification of a notarial signature is issued by the county clerk for a fee of $ Quiz_________________? A commissioner of elections or inspector of elections is not eligible for the office of notary public. -
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FALSE- they are eligible for appointment as notary public Quiz_________________? A conveyance of real property shall not be recorded unless it is in the english language. -
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FALSE- may be recorded if there is attached to it an official translation proved and authenticated in a manner required of conveyances for recording in NYS
A notary public (has/has not) authority to solemnize marriages? -
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does not have authority, also a notary public may not take the acknowledgement of parties and witnesses to a written contract of marriage Quiz_________________? A notary public (should/should not) take an acknowledgement to a legal instrument to which the notary is a party in interest. -
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should not Quiz_________________? a notary public is not a public officer -
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FALSE- a notary is a public officer and must not act without having and duly filed the required oath of office Quiz_________________? A notary public shall not notarize a paper if he has a pecuniary interest in the transaction -
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TRUE- such notarization would be invalid Quiz_________________? a notary public who is an employee of officer of a corporation may not take an acknowledgment of such corporation if the notary public has a financial interest in the instrument. -
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TRUE- also if the notary public is a director or agent of such corporation Quiz_________________? A notary public who is licensed as an attorney in NYS may substitute the words "attorney and counselor at law" for "notary public" -
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TRUE- also, in NYC all notaries must affix to each instrument their official number Quiz_________________? A notary public who is pecuniarly interested in a transaction (is/is not) capable of acting as a notary public in that case -
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Quiz_________________? A notary shall be not be liable to the parties injured for damages sustained by them as a result of the notary public's actions -
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FALSE- a notary public is liable for such damages Quiz_________________? A notary who takes an acknowledgment over the telephone is guilty of a _____. -
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misdemeanor
Quiz_________________? A person convicted of unlawfully possessing or distributing habit forming narcotic drugs (can/cannot) be appoint a notary public -
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cannot Quiz_________________? A person is guilty of forgery in the __ degree when he falsely makes, completes or alters a written instrument -
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Second degree Quiz_________________? A person is guilty of perjury if under oath or ___ he has given false testimony -
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AFFIRMATION- the testimony must have been given on a material matter Quiz_________________? A person not commissioned a notary public who acts as a notary public is guilty of a felony.
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FALSE- such a person is guilty of a misdemeanor. also fraud in office is also a misdemeanor Quiz_________________?
A person sought to be removed as a notary public must be served a copy of the charges -
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true Quiz_________________? A person taking the acknowledgment or proof of a conveyance must endorse thereupon or attach certificate signed by a country clerk -
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FALSE- the certificate must be signed by the person taking the acknowledgment of proof Quiz_________________? A person who acts as a notary without having taken and duly filed the required oath of office is guilty of a _____ -
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misdemeanor, the oath must be as prescribed by law Quiz_________________? A public officer cannot charge a fee, except where a fee or other compensation is expressly allowed by law. -
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TRUE- also a public officer cannot charge more for the service than is allowed by law Quiz_________________? A public officer cannot receive a fee in advance of rending the service? -
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Quiz_________________? Acknowledgement or proof may be made before a justice of peace in a county containing town, village or city where he is authorized to perform duties -
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TRUE- applies also to town councilman, village police justice or judge of court of any inferior jurisdiction Quiz_________________? Acknowledgement or proof of conveyance of real estate within NYS or of any other written instrument may be made only by a married woman. -
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FALSE- it may be made by a single woman or a married woman Quiz_________________? An ___ is a solemn declaration made by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath
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Affirmation Quiz_________________? An ___ is formal declaration before an authorized officer by a person who has executed an instrument that such execution is his act and deed. -
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acknowledgement- the officer must know that the person making it is the person described and who executed the instrument
Quiz_________________? An ___ is one named in a will to carry out the provision of the will -
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executor Quiz_________________? An (administrator/affiant) is a person appointed by the court to manage the estate of a deceased person who left no will. -
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administrator Quiz_________________? An (attestation/apostile) is a department of state authentication attached to a notarized and county certified document for international use -
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Apostile Quiz_________________? An (authentication/affirmation) is a certificate attached by a county clerk to a certificate of proof or acknowledgment or oath signed by a notary. -
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Authentication
An officer who violates the fee provisions is liable for treble damages to the person aggrieved -
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TRUE- also is liable for punishment prescribed by law for the criminal offense and removal from office Quiz_________________? An official certificate of a notary may be valid even if his term of office had expired. -
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TRUE- also valid if there is a misspelling or other error made in his appointment or commission Quiz_________________? An official certificate of a notary may be valid even if the notary had vacated his office by changing his residence or accepting another public office. -
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TRUE- also may be valid even if the action was taken outside the jurisdiction where the notary public was authorized to act Quiz_________________? An official certificate of a notary may be valid even if there was ineligibility of the notary to be appointed or commissioned -
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TRUE- also may be valid if there was an omission of the notary public to take or file his official oath. Quiz_________________?
Another term for County clerk's certificate is ___ -
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authentication Quiz_________________? Applicants for notary public must have the equivalent of a ___ school education -
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common school Quiz_________________? Applications for notaries public are as prescribed by -
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the secretary of state Quiz_________________? Attorneys and __ are exempt from taking the notary public exam -
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certain court clerks Quiz_________________? Behavior that is disrespectful of the authority of a court which disrupts the execution of court orders is known as _____ -
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contempt of court
Generally, every instrument (except a will) by which any estate or interest in real property is created, transferred, assigned or surrendered is known as -
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conveyance Quiz_________________? Generally, the secretary of state shall receive a non refundable fee of __ for changing the name or address of a notary. -
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Quiz_________________? In certain situations, the Secretary of State is not required to satisfy himself of certain notary public requirements of an applicant, such as education? -
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TRUE- example, when applicant applies less than 6 months after his term of notary has expired, or upon the application of an attorney admitted to practice in NYS, and certain court clerks Quiz_________________? Is an _____ the witness certify that the instrument has been executed before them, and the manner of the execution of the same. -
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Attestation clause Quiz_________________?
Issuing a false certificate is a class ___ felony -
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Quiz_________________? It is not essential that the person who executed the instrument sign his name in the presence of the notary. -
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TRUE- however, taking acknowledgements over the phone is illegal Quiz_________________? Making a false certificate is forgery in the _____ degree -
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Second Quiz_________________? No official act of a notary public shall be held invalid on account of failure to comply with the provisions listed in executive law 137 -
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TRUE- however, if such notary willfully fails to comply, he shall be subject to disciplinary action by the secretary of state Quiz_________________? No person is eligible for the office of notary public who was convicted of a violation of the selective draft act of MAY 18, 1917? -
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