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The NYS Notary Exam is a 40-question, multiple-choice test (1-hour time limit) requiring a 70% passing score (28 correct) to test knowledge of New York notary laws, legal terms, and procedures. Key topics include notary misconduct, acknowledgments, jurat/affidavits, definitions, electronic notarization, and fees.  Key Question Topics & Content Areas Definitions: Legal terms such as Affiant, Attest, Deponent, Jurat, Locus Sigilli, and Statute of Limitations. Notary Acts & Procedures: Understanding the difference between an acknowledgment and a jurat, how to handle affidavits, and... Show more
NYS Notary Exam Questions
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1. a __ is an instrument made subsequent to a will and attached to the will

2. Unless the person who makes the acknowledgment appears in front of the notary, the notary's certificate that he so came is _____.

3. An official certificate of a notary may be valid even if his term of office had expired.

4. Generally, the secretary of state shall receive a non refundable fee of __ for changing the name or address of a notary.

5. The secretary of state shall collect for a certificate of official character issued by him the sum of $____

6. Applicants for notary public must have the equivalent of a ___ school education

7. A subscribing witness must state his place of residence but does not have to state that he knew or had satisfactory evidence of the identity of the person described in and how executed the instrument

8. For a class ___ felony, the term shall be fixed by the court and shall not exceed 7 years

9. A member of the legislature may not be appointed a notary public?

10. Another term for County clerk's certificate is ___

11. Making a false certificate is forgery in the _____ degree

12. Notaries public are appointed for ___ years

13. The notary public identification card contains the appointee's name, address, county and ______

14. Acknowledgement or proof of conveyance of real estate within NYS or of any other written instrument may be made only by a married woman.

15. Generally, every instrument (except a will) by which any estate or interest in real property is created, transferred, assigned or surrendered is known as

16. The county clerk charges a fee of $__ to file a certificate of official character

17. A deposition (may/may not) be taken before a notary public in a civil proceeding?

18. A certification of a notarial signature is issued by the court?

19. A sheriff may be appointed notary public

20. a ___ is a copy of a public record signed and certified as true copy by the public official having custody of the original.

21. A notary who takes an acknowledgment over the telephone is guilty of a _____.

22. The ___ appoints and commissions notaries public in New York State.

23. The signature and seal of the county clerk on a certificate of official character or authentication may be facsimile, printed or stamped.

24. A person convicted of a ___ cannot be appointed a notary public.

25. A person sought to be removed as a notary public must be served a copy of the charges

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