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NYS NOTARY EXAM
• What can happen to a notary who advertises services in another language does not include the statement, "I am not an attorney licensed to practice law and may not give legal advice about immigration or any other legal matter or accept fees for legal advice"?: may be liable for civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars second violation - may be suspended
third violation - may be removed (as long as notary has been served with charges and given opportunity to defend) • What fees is a notary entitled to?: 1. For administering an oath or affirmation, and certifying the same when required, except where another fee is specifically prescribed by statute, $2.
- For taking and certifying the acknowledgment or proof of execution of a written
instrument, by one person, $2, and by each additional person, $2, for swearing such witness thereto, $2.• What must a notary include with his signature?: his name, the words "Notary Public State of New York," the name of the county in which he originally qualified, and the date upon which his commission expires and, in addition, wherever required, a notary public shall also include the name of any county in which his certificate of official character is filed • May a notary who is a stockholder, director, officer or employee of a corporation notarize for another stockholder, director, officer or employee of a corporation or administer an oath of any other stockholder, director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, and may such notary public may protest for non- acceptance or non-payment, bills of exchange, drafts, checks, notes and other negotiable instruments owned or held for collection by such corporation?: Yes • May a notary who is a stockholder, director, officer or employee of a corporation take the acknowledgment or proof of a written instrument by or to a corporation of which he is a stockholder, director, officer or employee, if the notary be a party executing such instrument, either individually or as representative of such corporation, or shall a notary public protest any negotiable instruments owned or held for collection by such corporation, if such notary public be individually a party to such instrument, or have a financial interest in the subject of same?: No • What must a notary have before taking an acknowledgement?: Satisfactory evidence of the person's identity
• What is the uniform form of certificates of acknowledgement of proof?: -
State of New York )
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County of.................... ) On the . . . . . . day of . . . . . . in the year .............................. before me, the undersigned, personally appeared ................ , personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual(s) whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to
me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument, the individual(s), or the person upon behalf of which the individual(s) acted,executed the instrument.(Signature and office of individual taking acknowledgment.) • A certificate for a proof of execution by a subscribing witness of a con- veyance or other instrument made by any person in respect to real property situate in this state, must conform
substantially with what form?: State of New York )
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County of.................... ) On the . . . . . . day of . . . . . . in the year .............................. before me, the undersigned, personally appeared . . . . . ., the subscribing witness to the foregoing instrument, with whom I am personally acquainted, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he/she/they reside(s) in . . . . . . (if the place of residence is in a city, include the street and street number, if any, thereof); that he/she/they know(s) . . . . . . to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument; that said subscribing witness was present and saw said . . . . . execute the same; and that said witness at the same time subscribed his/her/their name(s) as a witness thereto.(Signature and office of individual taking proof).• The certificate of an acknowledgment, without this State, of a conveyance or other instrument with respect to real property situate in this State, by a person, may conform substantially what form?: State, District of Columbia, ) Territory, Possession, or ) ss.: Foreign Country ) On the . . . . . . day of . . . . . . in the year .............................. before me, the undersigned, personally appeared ................ , personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual(s) whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their
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