NYS NOTARY EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM

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NYS NOTARY EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM

NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE ALL

500 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

(VERIFIED ANSWERS ) |ALREADY GRADED A

1) If a Notary refuses to notarize an affidavit presented for NY notary Mobile services. What is the potential maximum jail sentence?

• One month.
• Three months
• Six months.
• One Year - ANSWER- D. One Year

2) The notary certificate of a witness to the execution of a real estate

conveyance is called a:

• Qualified resident.
• Official Character
• Proof certificate
• None of the above - ANSWER- C. Proof certificate

3) Which of the following is in the requirements to become a Notary Public in New York?

• Be at least 18 years old. 1 / 4

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• No special education or common school level
• Be a resident and or a qualified non-resident resident
• All the above. - ANSWER- D) All the above.

4) If a Notary moves to another state but still works in NYS he/she:

• Will pay an additional $15 out of state fee
• No longer is qualified
• Must get NY driver's license
• Still is a qualified non-resident-resident". - ANSWER- D) Still is a

qualified non-resident-resident".

5) Which of the following are errors a notary can make that will not make the foregoing instrument get unrecorded?

• If the Notary Public was purporting to be a notary but was not

licensed.

• If the Notary Public commission was expired.
• If a New York Notary notarizes in another state.
• All the above. - ANSWER- D) All the above.

6) If your neighbor you know asks you to notarize an affidavit you must?

• Administer an Oath of office.
• Administer an Oath & fill out the Jurat.
• Require a government issued, photo identification. 2 / 4

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• Do a Protest for Non Payment certificate. - ANSWER- B)

Administer an Oath & fill out the Jurat.

7) What is the name of the location where the Notary notarizes something?

• Protest for non-payment
• Venue.
• Affidavit
• Mobile Notary - ANSWER- B) Venue.

8) Which of the following activities may a non-attorney Notary perform?

• Explain to people what they are signing.
• Make a certified original certificate on a government document

photocopy.

• Contracts of marriage within NY State borders.
• Administer an oath of office for a military officer. - ANSWER- D)

Administer an oath of office for a military officer.

9) What is the County Clerk fee for a certificate of Official Character?

A) $200

B) $5.00

C) $11.00

• No charge because it's a free service to the general public. -

ANSWER- B) $5.00 3 / 4

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10) Which of the following acts can be performed by a Notary Public on Sunday?

• Certified original certificate of government doc photocopy.
• Affidavit
• Someone's signature to their own will by non-attorney notary.
• A contract of marriage - ANSWER- B) Affidavit

11) What is every instrument in writing, except a will that transfers real estate interests?

• Conveyance
• Escrow
• Vendor receipt
• Duress - ANSWER- A) Conveyance

12) Latin name for the words, "Sworn to before me this _______ day of ______".

• Pro Se
• The Oath.
• The Affirmation.
• Jurat - ANSWER- D) Jurat

13) What is a New York State Notary Public conflict of interest?

• Knowing the affiant personally.
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