California Notary Practice Exam 2023 – Notary Public Seminars

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California Notary Practice Exam Sample

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A client asks you for a copy of a journal entry you completed for her a week earlier. She provides you with the note containing the name of the signers, title of the document and the date of notarization. You make a copy for her and charge her:

A. $.30 per photocopy.

B. $15 per request.

C. You are not allowed to charge your client for a certified copy of a journal entry.

D. $7 per photocopy.

2 / 5

If there is no room to place a Notary seal directly on the document, a Notary must:

A. place the seal on the back of the document

B. place the seal wherever he/she can

C. affix the seal to a separate sheet of paper

D. affix the seal on a loose certificate

3 / 5

When accepting an ID card from another state, the ID card must have the following:

A. a photograph, signature, identifying number and birth date

B. a signature, identifying number and physical description

C. a signature, identifying number, physical description and photograph

D. a physical description, photograph and signature

4 / 5

Any person who solicits, coerces, or in any manner influences a Notary Public to perform an improper notarial act knowing the act is improper, including any act required of a Notary Public in connection with the Notary journal, is guilty of a _____. Fill in the blank.

A. Misdemeanor

B. Felony

C. Infraction

5 / 5

When requested to do a Notarization on a document written in a language the Notary can not read the Notary should:

A. Refuse to Notarize

B. Have the principal read it aloud, then notarize.

C. Notarize the document as usual

D. Have two witnesses over see the notarization process

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