California's Best Notary Practice Exam

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  • Current Practice Exam
  • Key Points Study Guide
  • CA Notary Fines Cheat Sheet


Disclaimer: This package contains supplemental study materials only and does not fulfill the educational requirements mandated by the Secretary of State.

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The full Practice exam pulls from a pool of hundreds of questions and randomizes them with the exact number of questions on each category the real state exam uses. Creating a challenging Notary exam that can be taken over and over agian.

California Notary Practice Exam Sample

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Jim is a paralegal and works at the law offices of Smith and Smith. His employer asks him to become a Notary public and pays for his education, supplies and filing fees. Jim agrees and becomes a commissioned Notary Public. His employer has him sign an agreement that says he will not charge any fees to the law office for Notarial services and will remit any fees from clients to the law office. Jim's sister asks him to come over to acknowledge an Interspousal Transfer Deed she signed.

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All the following statements are true about the Notary seal except:

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A document signer must use a “Proof of Execution by Subscribing Witness” or “Subscribing Witness” when?

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A Notary Public is guilty of a _____ if the Notary Public willfully fails to keep his or her Notary Public seal under the Notary Public’s direct and exclusive control or if the Notary Public willfully surrenders the Notary Public’s seal to any person not authorized to possess it. Fill in the blank.

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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: