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A notary should always ask for acceptable identification of the client prior to notarizing a
document if the client is not personally known to the notary. Acceptable ident
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Notary Questions and Answers Already
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A notary should always ask for acceptable identification of the client prior to notarizing a
document if the client is not personally known to the notary. Acceptable identification includes:
✔✔identification card or another form of government issued identification that is current or that
has been expired for one year or less, and. Contain either the signer's signature or signer's
photograph.
A notary may notarize a quitclaim deed to real property in which the notary is the grantee...
✔✔Never
Who is held responsible if the notary violates the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts
(RULONA)? ✔✔The notary
True or False: A notary must receive a written request before performing a copy certification.
✔✔False
True or False: It is permissible for a notary to make legal conclusions within a notarial
certificate; as long as the legal conclusions are contained in the certificate, it is not considered
the unauthorized practice of law. ✔✔False
Under Colorado law, a notary's commission allows the notary to perform notarial acts... ✔✔Only
in colorado
True or False: A notary who fails to maintain a journal or fails to produce records upon request
of the Secretary of State may be held personally liable. ✔✔True
Which of the following is NOT one of the requirements for a notarial seal? ✔✔The seal must
include an image of the Colorado State Seal
True or False: Government forms of ID are acceptable identification for a signer as long as they
include both a signature AND photograph of the signer. ✔✔False
True or False: The office of the Secretary of State may deny, revoke, or suspend a notary's
commission if the notary has had a commission revoked, suspended, or denied in another state.
✔✔True
True or False: A notary public is responsible for verifying the contents of the document being
notarized. ✔✔False
True or False: A notary must provide his/her journal to the Secretary of State's office for
inspection and auditing upon request. ✔✔True
A notary's application for a commission may be denied by the Secretary of State if: ✔✔Both a
and c
The journal must include the following information for a notarization: ✔✔All of the above
True or False: A notary's role in a Power of Attorney, or any legal document, is limited to filling
in the notarial certificate and placing his/her signature and stamp, unless s/he is also an attorney.
✔✔True
What are the requirements for a notary to perform electronic notarizations? ✔✔A notary must
receive additional certification to perform electronic notarizations
An applicant for a notary commission must be at least _____ years of age and never have been
convicted of a _____. ✔✔18 no felonies
If a notary legally changes his or her name, he or she must.. ✔✔notify the Secretary of State
within 30 days of the name change and submit a sample of his or her new signature along with a
copy of either a State ID in the new name, the court document, or marriage certificate.
True or False: A notary may sign, affix his or her seal, and write his or her commission
expiration date on a document that does not contain a complete notarial certificate. ✔✔False
A notary may not notarize an acknowledgment unless ✔✔
When a notary resigns he/she must...
Your Choice ✔✔deface or disable his/her official stamp.
True or False: A notary must keep journals for ten (10) years after the date of the last
notarization recorded in the journal. ✔✔True
True or False: A notary must be an employee of a financial institution in order to make or note a
protest of a negotiable instrument. ✔✔True
True or False: A notary may use loose notarial certificates, rather than incorporating the notarial
certificate into the paper record or securely attaching the certificate to the paper record. ✔✔False
True or False: A notary public who lives in western Kansas but works in Burlington, Colorado
may apply for a Colorado notary commission. ✔✔True
If a notary receives a written request for a certified copy of a journal entry he/she must... ✔✔
True or False: A law enforcement officer acting in the course of an official investigation may
inspect a notary's journal without restriction. ✔✔True
True or False: All Colorado commissioned notaries may perform "protest of negotiable
instruments". ✔✔False
When a notary resigns or lets his/her commission expire, he/she must...
Your Choice ✔✔Either A or B or C
If confronted with a signature bank (a document intended to be signed by more than one person),
and not all signers are present, a notary should... ✔✔
True or False: The notary law gives notaries the power to administer oaths and affirmations
(CRS 24-21-504 and 24-21-505). In accord with the law, the notary is required to recite a verbal
or spoken oath or affirmation and require a positive response from the client. ✔✔True
True or False: If a notary's signature changes for any reason, including injury or arthritis, the
notary must notify the Secretary of State before using his/her new signature on a notarization.
✔✔True
True or False: An "acknowledgment" and "witnessing a signature" are exactly the same thing.
✔✔False
What is an acknowledgment ✔✔
When is a notary permitted to notarize a document that is written in a foreign language? ✔✔
A notary may not notarize a Last Will and Testament ✔✔...where the notary is named as a
beneficiary in the will.
If an individual who is a notary is required to sign a document in his or her individual capacity,
and that document requires that his or her signature be notarized, the notary shall: ✔✔Not
notarize the document and must have another notary notarize it instead
According to RULONA, a notary may not... ✔✔notarize blank documents
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