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NC NOTARY PUBLIC STUDY GUIDE ACTUAL QUESTION AND ANSWERS 2026-2027
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is guilty of a - ANSWER-Misdemeanor
If a Notary willfully fails to keep his or her notary public seal under the notary public's
direct and exclusive control they are guilty of a - ANSWERMisdemeanor
If the notary public willfully surrenders the notary public's seal to any person not
authorized to possess it they have committed a - ANSWERMisdemeanor
If the notary public willfully fails to perform any duty required of a notary public they are
guilty of a - ANSWER-Misdemeanor
If the notary public willfully fails to properly maintain the notary publics journal they are
guilty of a - ANSWER-Misdemeanor
If the notary public willfully fails or refuses to deliver, within 30 days from the date the
notary public commission is no longer valid, all notarial journals, records, and papers to
the county clerk's office where the oath is on file. Notary shall be personally liable to any
person injured by that action or inaction and shall be guilty of a
- ANSWER-Misdemeanor
If any person shall knowingly destroy, deface, or conceal any records or papers
belonging to the office of a notary public. That person shall be liable in a civil action for
damages to any person injured as a result of such destruction, defacing, or
concealment and they are guilty of a - ANSWER-Misdemeanor
Any person who solicits, coerces, or in any manner influences a notary public to perform
an improper notarial act knowing that act to be an improper notarial act is guilty of a
- ANSWER-Misdemeanor
Any person who is not duly commissioned, qualified, and an acting notary public for the
state of California whom:
a. Represent or hold himself or herself out to the public or to any person as being
entitled to act as a notary public
b. Assume, use, or advertise the title of notary public in such a manner as to convey the
impression that the person is a notary public
c. Purport to act as a notary public
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