Notary Practice Test 1
1. Which of the following statements is not correct?
A. The fee for a notary public commission is $60
B. The Secretary of State commissions notaries public
C. The term of a notary public commis
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Notary Practice Test 1
1. Which of the following statements is not correct?
A. The fee for a notary public commission is $60
B. The Secretary of State commissions notaries public
C. The term of a notary public commission is 2 years
D. Notary public examinations are scheduled throughout NYS - ✔✔The term of a notary
public commission is 2 years
Notaries public are commissioned in -
A. Their city of residence
B. The city where they are employed
C. Their county of residence
D. Their town or village of residence - ✔✔Their county of residence
3. Which of the following statements is not correct? No person shall be appointed as a
notary public who has been convicted of ______________. - ✔✔Any misdemeanor
The county clerk and register of any county with whom a certificate of official character
has been filed shall collect for the filingA. $2
B. $4
C. $5
D. $10 - ✔✔$10
A notary public who is removed from office and then executes any instrument as a
notary public is guilty of a -
A. Violation
B. Petty offense
C. Misdemeanor
D. Felony - ✔✔Misdemeanor
Which of the following is not eligible for the office of notary public?
A. Commissioner of elections
B. Sheriff
C. Member of the legislature
D. Inspector of elections - ✔✔Sheriff
Fee for an oath or affirmationA. $2
B. $4
C. $5
D. $10 - ✔✔$2
The signature and seal of a county clerk upon a certificate of official character of a
notary public may be:
1. Facsimile 2. Printed 3. Stamped 4. Photographed or engraved thereon
A. 1,2,3 are correct
B. 2 and 3 are correct
C. 1,2,3 and 4 are correct
D. Only 3 is correct - ✔✔1,2,3 and 4 are correct
9. Which of the following statements is not correct? A NYS notary public is:
A. Authorized to administer oaths and affirmations
B. Not authorized to administer an oath to himself
C. Not authorized to administer oaths and affirmations
D. Authorized to receive and certify acknowledgments - ✔✔Not authorized to administer
oaths and affirmations
A notary public who is an attorney at law admitted to practice in NYS may:
1. Administer an oath or affirmation to his client 2. take the affidavit or acknowledgment
to his client
A. 1 and 2 are not correct
B. Only 1 is correct
C. Only 2 is correct
D. 1 and 2 are correct - ✔✔1 and 2 are correct
A person who holds himself out to be a notary public but is not, or a notary public who
commits fraud or deceit in the performance of his duties, is guilty ofA. A petty offense
B. A misdemeanor
C. A felony
D. None of the above - ✔✔A misdemeanor
The term "conveyance" includes written instruments by which any estate or interest in -
property is created, transferred, mortgaged or assigned.
1.personal 2. real
A. 1 is correct
B. 2 is correct
C. Neither 1 nor 2 is correct
D. Both 1 and 2 are correct - ✔✔2 is correct
An office authorized to take the acknowledgment or proof of a conveyance who is guilty
of fraudulent practice or malfeasance in the execution of any duty prescribed by law in
relation to it isA. Guilty of a petty offense
B. Liable for a statutory fine of $150.00
C. Liable in damages to the person injured
D. None of the above - ✔✔Liable in damages to the person injured
When the lessor (bank) of a safe deposit box opens the safe deposit box in front of a
notary public (pursuant to Banking Law 335), the notary shall file with the lessor a
certificate under seal which contains:
1. The date of the opening of the safe deposit box 2. The name of the lessee 3. a list
(inventory) of the contents
A. 1 only
B. 1 and 2 only
C. 1, 2 and 3
D. 3 only - ✔✔1, 2 and 3 are correct
The rule which authorizes a deposition to be taken before a notary public in a civil
proceeding is found in:
A. Criminal Procedure Law
B. NYS Administrative Code
C. Family Court Act
D. Civil Practice Law and Rules - ✔✔Civil practice law and rules
16. Which of the following statements is correct?
A. A notary public may in certain situations practice law
B. A notary public may prepare a will
C. A notary public shall not practice law
D. None of the above - ✔✔A notary public shall not practice law
A notary public subjects hi
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