NC NOTARY PUBLIC STUDY GUIDE QUESTION AND ANSWERS 2026-2027.

NC NOTARY PUBLIC STUDY GUIDE QUESTION AND ANSWERS 2026-2027

Public Notary Study Guide Updated with . 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the notary public willfully fails or refuses to deliver, within 30 days from the date the notary public commission is no longer valid, all notarial journals, records, and papers to the county clerk's office where the oath is on file.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