Download STATE OF NEVADA NOTARY EXAM ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (ALREADY GRADED A+) and more Exams Law in PDF only on Docsity! STATE OF NEVADA NOTARY EXAM ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (ALREADY GRADED A+) | LATEST VERSION 2024 When you perform an acknowledgment: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------You must identify the signer. When you notarize the signature of a subscribing witness, you must use notarial wording for: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------A subscribing witness jurat. As a commissioned Notary, you may perform notarial acts: -----CORRECT ANSWER---- -------------Anywhere in the state of Nevada. If you use a credible witness to identify a document signer, the witness must: ----- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Personally know the signer. Regardless of the circumstances, Notaries always are prohibited from: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Altering an entry in their Notary journal. When you identify a signer using an ID card, the card must contain at least: ----- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------The signer's photo and signature. If you perform an acknowledgement for a vice president who is signing on behalf of her corporation, you must complete notarial wording: -----CORRECT ANSWER----------------- For someone signing in a representative capacity. If a document presented for notarization has no notarial wording: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------You may perform the notarization if the signer chooses the notarial wording with no assistance from you. Every journal entry you make must include: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------The type of notarial act you performed. If a signer presents an ID card issued to "Jeffrey Sharp" but is named in his document as "Jeff Sharp," you must: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Enter "Jeffrey Sharp" in the notarial wording and your journal. You must keep your Notary supplies in: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------A secure location when you're not using them. if a document signer is 65 years old or older, doesn't have an acceptable ID card and cannot produce a credible witness whom you personally know: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------You may identify that signer using an ID card issued by a senior- citizen center. Unacceptable forms of identification include: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------A Nevada Driver Authorization Card. If you use a credible witness to identify a document signer: -----CORRECT ANSWER---- -------------All of the above must be true. You may notarize the signature of a subscribing witness only if: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------All of the above are true: If a complaint is filed against a Notary, the Notary must respond within: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------30 days. A Notary Public is: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------An impartial witness. The state and county that appear at the beginning of the notarial wording are called: ---- -CORRECT ANSWER-----------------The venue. You may certify a copy of: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------A high school diploma. If a Notary-employee makes a mistake while notarizing for an employer, for any damages that result: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Both the Notary and the employer may be liable. You may charge an additional fee for travel if: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------All of the above are true. If a signer presents an already-signed document with notarial wording for an acknowledgment on it: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------The signer must verbally acknowledge that the signature is his or hers. You must keep each of your journals: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------For at least seven years after you cease to be a Notary. If a document presented for notarization has no notarial wording: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------The signer must choose what notarial wording is needed with no assistance from you. Your Notary journal must: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Meet all of the above criteria. The preprinted notarial wording on a document includes the phrase "Notary Public in and for the county of _________ , state of __________." This phrase is asking for the county and state: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------In which you are commissioned. You must complete notarial wording: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Whenever you notarize someone's signature. The notarial wording: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Does all of the above. In addition to your official signature and stamp, all notarial wording must include: ----- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------The name of the person for whom the notarial act was performed. In addition to your official signature and stamp, all notarial wording must include: ----- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------All of the above. If a signer presents an ID card issued to "Jeff Sharp" but is named in his document as "Jeffrey Sharp," you must: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Refuse to perform the notarization: The ID card doesn't sufficiently identify the signer. The venue on the notarial wording always appears: -----CORRECT ANSWER-------------- ---In the upper left-hand corner. If a signer presents an already-signed document with notarial wording for a standard jurat on it: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------The signer must re-sign the document in your presence. Jenny Walker tells you she needs a certified copy of a handwritten personal letter. In order for you to do so: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------You must add or attach notarial wording for a certified copy. When you notarize the signature of a subscribing witness, you must use notarial wording for: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------None of the above. Carlos Ramirez brings you four different documents to notarize; he is the sole signer on all of them. In your journal: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------You must make four entries but may use ditto marks for the information that is the same for all four documents, then have Carlos sign on a diagonal line across all four entries. You must keep each of your journals: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------For at least seven years after you cease to be a Notary. For a certified copy: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------You may charge $2.50, whatever the number of pages. When a person asks you to certify a copy of a document, that person: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Must present the original and you must make the copy. You must complete notarial wording: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------When either (a) or (b) is true. You may charge for jurats: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------$5 for one document with one signer. If a Notary-employee makes a mistake while notarizing for an employer, for any damages that result: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Both the Notary and the employer may be liable. Jenny Walkers tells you she needs a certified copy of a handwritten personal letter. In order for you to do so: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------You must add or attach notarial wording for a certified copy. If a document signer is 65 years old or older, doesn't have an acceptable ID card and cannot produce a credible witness whom you personally know: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------You may identify that signer using an ID card issued by a government agency. When you identify a signer using an ID card, the card must contain at least: ----- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------The signer's photo and signature. If you use a credible witness to identify a document signer: -----CORRECT ANSWER---- -------------You must personally know the credible witness, the credible witness must personally know the signer, and the credible witness and the signer must be present for the notarization. If the words "subscribing witness" appears in the notarial wording on the document, you need to perform: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------A subscribing-witness jurat. The notarial wording has information preprinted in it that is incorrect: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------You must line through the error, write in the correct information, and initial the change. The notarial wording always is located: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Below the signature(s) of the document signer(s). For you to notarize someone's signature, the signer must always: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Be physically in front of you at the time of notarization. You are asked to drive to a signer's home. The trip takes you 90 minutes each way, and you begin and end your travel between 6 am and 7 pm. For the round trip, you may charge a travel free of: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------$35 You may certify a copy of: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------HS diploma. Gina and George Lee need two documents notarized; George is the sole signer on one, and both of them are signers of the other. Both documents require jurats. You may charge a total of: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------$15 If a signer presents an already-signed document with notarial wording for a standard jurat on it: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------The signer must re-sign the document in your presence. If preprinted notarial wording names two signers but only one is present before you: ----- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------You must line through the absent signer's name and initial the change. If the notarial wording is missing a required element: -----CORRECT ANSWER------------ -----You must add the missing element. You may notarize the signature of a subscribing witness only if: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------The subscribing witness saw the principal signer sign the document. The subscribing witness personally appears before you, the original notarial act on the document was an acknowledgment. Every journal entry you make must include: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------The type of notarial act you performed. If a Notary is found guilty of official misconduct: -----CORRECT ANSWER----------------- The Secretary of State may suspend or revoke the Notary's appointment. You may change an additional fee for travel if: -----CORRECT ANSWER----------------- The request for travel comes from the person requesting the notarization, you tell the person requesting the notarization that a travel fee is not required by law, and the person requesting the notarization agrees in advance to your hourly rate. You must keep your Notary supplies in: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Your sole control at all times. You always should note it in your journal if: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------You refused to perform the notarization, you administered an oath or affirmation as part of the notarial act, and you edited out of the notarial wording the name(s) of any absent signer(s). If the words, "true and correct copy" appear in the notarial wording on the document, you need to perform: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------A copy certification. When you perform a standard jurat: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------The signer must sign the document in your presence, the signer must swear of affirm that the contents of the document are true, and you must identify the signer. Ways to protect yourself from liability include: -----CORRECT ANSWER----------------- Knowing Nevada's Notary laws, keeping a detailed and accurate journal, and following consistent procedures. T or F: If the document brought to you for notarization is missing some notarial wording, the customer will write it on the document for you. -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------- -False T or F: The notary is responsible for ensuring that all components of a complete notarization are present for each notarization they perform. -----CORRECT ANSWER---- -------------True T or F: Notarial language/wording informs a third party that the contents of the document are legal. -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------False T or F: Complete notarial language/wording includes: A: The beginning, which includes the venue; B: The middle, which includes the date of notarization and byline with the documents signer's name; C: The end, which includes the notary stamp and signature. -----CORRECT ANSWER--- --------------True T or F: When filling out the venue while notarizing in Carson City, the County you will put under NEVADA is Carson City. -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------False T or F: You only need to have complete notarial language/wording sometimes. There are occasions where you can just add your notary stamp and signature to a document. - ----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------False. T or F: The notarial language/wording always appears above the document signers signature on a document. -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------False T or F: Your journal must be spiral bound and have pre-printed page numbers. ----- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------False T or F: If you keep your notary journal and stamp at your work desk, you must keep them in a locked drawer where other employees would not have access to them. ----- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------True T or F: If your employer pays for your notary supplies and you should leave employment with them at some point, your employer would keep all the notary supplies you were using because they paid for them. -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------False. T or F: You must keep your notary journal for the entire time you are an active notary and for seven (7) years after you cease to be a commissioned notary. -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------True. T or F: It is not necessary that you record every notarization you perform. ----- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------False T or F: In an acknowledgment, the notary is acknowledging that the signer of the document was in the notary's presence, that the notary lawfully ID'd the signer, and that the signer verbally acknowledged that they were willing and able to execute the contents of the document. -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------True T or F: Nevada recognizes three different types of acknowledments. -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------False T or F: You can tell you are dealing with an acknowledgment if you see the words, "Acknowledged before me.." in the notarial wording on the document. -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------True T or F: "Blocking" in the document signer's signature on the byline in the notarial wording helps to prevent another person from adding their name on the byline after the notarization has been done. -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------True T or F: If someone brings you a document and claims to have the ability to sign the document because they hold a Power of Attorney, you can take their word for it and perform the notarization. -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------False T or F: Jurat is short for the Latin, "Juratum est," meaing, "It has been sworn". ----- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------True T or F: In a jurat notarization, the document signer is not required by law to sign the document in the notary's presence. -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------False. T or F: You can tell you will likely be dealing with a jurat if you see the words, "Signed and sworn" or "Subscribed and sworn" in the notarial wording. -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------True T or F: When performing a jurat, the notary must take an oath. -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------False T or F: When completing a journal entry for a jurat notarization, the notary must record jurat/oath under "Type of Notarization" each time they perform a jurat. -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------True T or F: When you are performing a Copy Certification, the document signer does not need to sign the document. -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------True T or F: If someone wants a certified copy of their Marriage Certificate, a notary can provide one for them. -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------False T or F: For an acknowledgment, you may charge $5 for the first signature on one document. -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------True T or F: Jurats are always $2.50 -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------False, $15 T or F: You must charge for each notarization you perform. -----CORRECT ANSWER---- -------------False T or F: You are not required to charge a travel fee if you travel for a notarization. ----- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------True T or F: You can surprise your customer with the travel fee once you arrive at their location. -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------False T or F: There is a two hour minimum for traveling to a customer, but not for returning. --- --CORRECT ANSWER-----------------True T or F: If you travel for a notarization, you must record your times of travel in the notes column of your notary journal in order to explain the fee you charged. -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------True T or F: -----CORRECT ANSWER----------------- T or F: You can't notarize for blood relatives, but you can for those only related to you by marriage. -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------False T or F: It's a good idea to make a habit of notarizing for friends. -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------False. T or F: You may notarize a document that you are named in. -----CORRECT ANSWER-- ---------------False T or F: You may notarize a document that your spouse in named in. -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------False T or F: Your surety bond protects you in the case a third party is harmed by a notarization you perform. -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------False T or F: The employer of a notary is not liable if a customer is harmed by a notarization the notary performed. -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------False T or F: A notary is liable to the Court, to the Secretary of State's office, and to their bond. -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------True T or F: A notary is only liable if they intentionally performed an improper notarization. ---- -CORRECT ANSWER-----------------False T or F: If, while notarizing documents, you come across a form asking you to give permission to alter a notarization you performed, you should ignore the form. ----- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------True T or F: One way for a notary to protect themselves is by keeping excellent journal records for each notarization they perform and by calling the notary division if they are unsure about the proper way to perform a specific notarization. -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------True T or F: As a notary, you will likely perform notarizations on documents going oversas. --- --CORRECT ANSWER-----------------True T or F: A document improperly notarized will not be authenticated for use overseas. ----- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------True T or F: If you improperly notarize a document going overseas, you will not receive a penalty. -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------False Your neighbor Lucy Jones, has asked you to notarize her brother Robert's signature. Robert has lost his identification. Can you notarize Robert's signature. -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Yes What notary language would you use? -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Credible witness How many signature's will you have in your journal? -----CORRECT ANSWER------------- ----Two Will you administer an oath? -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Yes Who will you administer the oath to? -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Credible witness You have been asked to notarize a document that requires three signatures. Two of the document signers are present. The notarial wording is preprinted on the document and lists all three names. What do you do? -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Notarize person requesting the notarization that a travel fee is not required by law, and the person requesting the notarization agrees in advance to your hourly rate. If you must attached notarial wording on a separate piece of paper, you must: ----- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Staple the notarial wording to the document, write a description of the document on the notarial wording, and note on the document that the notarial wording is attached. If you use a credible witness to identify a document signer, the witness must: ----- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Personally know the signer. Carlos Ramirez brings you four different documents to notarize; he is the sole signer on all of them. In your journal: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------You must make four entries but may use ditto marks for the information that is the same for all four documents, then have Carlos sign on a diagonal line across all four entries. You must complete notarial wording: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Whenever you notarize someone's signature and whenever you certify a copy of a document. A notary public is: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------An impartial witness A public official Appointed by the Sec of State If a signer presents an already-signed document with notarial wording for an acknowledgment on it: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------The signer must verbally acknowledge that the signature is his or hers. When you notarize the signature of a subscribing witness, you must use notarial wording for: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------A subscribing witness jurat. You may charge for jurats: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------$5 for one document with one signer. As a Nevada notary, you may: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Take acknowledgements, certify copies of some documents, and perform jurats. Notarize a personal statement. You may not: Certify a copy of a divorce decree, perform a jurat over the phone. You may charge for acknowledgments: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------$5 for one document with one signer. You must keep your notary supplies in: -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------You sole control at all times and a secret location when you're not using them. In addition to your official signature and stamp, all notarial wording must include: ----- CORRECT ANSWER----------------- Is it legal to certify a copy of a birth, death, or marriage certificate, or a decree of divorce, as being true and correct? -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------No. Pursuant to NRS 440.175(2): 2. No person may prepare or issue any document which purports to be an original, certified copy, certified abstract or official copy of: (a) A certificate of birth, death or fetal death, except as authorized in this chapter or by the Board. (b) A certificate of marriage, except a county clerk, county recorder or a person so required pursuant to NRS 122.120. (c) A decree of divorce or annulment of marriage, except a county clerk or the judge of a court of record. The state and county -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------