California Notary Practice Exam 2023 – Notary Public Seminars

California Notary Practice Exam Sample

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Wayne receives his commission while he is away on a business trip in South America. Upon his return, he finds his commission from the Secretary of State and sees that he missed the deadline to file his oath and bond. What should Wayne do?

A. Wayne must retake the exam and apply again.

B. Wayne must request a new commission from the Secretary of State with an explanation as to why he did not file in time.

C. Wayne must take the mandatory training over, retake the exam and apply again.

D. Wayne must get live scanned again, pay $20 to the Secretary of State’s Office for a new commission with a new start date.

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A person may sign with a “mark” in place of a signature if that’s the only way they can sign. To correctly execute such a notarization, the following must be true:

A. The Notary will not need to identify the signer in his journal because two witnesses will be present.

B. Either one or two witnesses for this transaction is acceptable.

C. The witness(es) must sign the journal after giving the Notary their ID.

D. No ID is required from the witness(es) for this transaction.

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The 3 types of satisfactory evidence are:

A. two credible witnesses, one credible witness, identifying documents.

B. two credible witnesses, personal knowledge, identifying documents.

C. signature by mark, one credible witness, identifying documents.

D. two credible witnesses, one credible witness, oaths.

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During their previous commission a Notary Public, had their commission suspended for becoming behind on child support, and they continued to advertise their Notary services online. They were charged a for the advertising violation. That was several years ago and now they would like to become a Notary Public again. When they apply to become a Notary Public what will happen?

A. Nothing if the statutory 5 years has passed

B. Acceptance of the application

C. Expedited processing times because the Secretary of State already has their information

D. Denial of the application

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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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