OHIO NOTARY TEST 2024-2025 NEW

OHIO NOTARY TEST 2024-2025 NEW

VERSION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Can a notary notarize his or her own signature?No.When CAN'T a notary notarize a document?If he or she has a financial/beneficial interest in the document.Where can an Ohio notary perform notarial acts?Ohio.If a written request is sent to a notary from the secretary of state, what should the Notary do?The notary is required to furnish copies of journal entries within the specified time frame or within 30 days.What kinds of documents can a Notary certify?A subpoena, a court order, or a copy of a Power of Attorney What does an acknowledgement entail?The document signer personally appeared before the notary and acknowledges that he or she signed the document and has the authority to do so.Does a notary have to certify the signer's authority?No.What does a Jurat entail?The signer has sworn an oath or affirmation regarding the truthfulness of the document's contents.How long is a notary's commission?

• years.

What is a notary public bond?It protects the notary should he or she be held liable for illegal or negligent conduct relating to notarial acts.Is a notary required to have a notary public bond in the state of Ohio?No.

How long does a notary have to file his or her commission with the county clerk?30 days.If a notary has obtained the commission specifically at the request of their employer, who collects the fees?The employer.When can a notary perform an acknowledgement?When the forms are completely filled out and the executor of the document has personally appeared before the notary.Before the appointment of a notary public is made, the applicant must...

• Produce to the Secretary of State a certificate from a judge or justice of the court of

common please, court of appeals or supreme court, that he is of good moral character, a citizen of the county in which he resides, and if they are an attorney at law, and possessed of sufficient qualifications and ability to discharge the duties of the office of notary public.

• The judge must be satisfied from his personal knowledge that the applicant

possesses the qualifications necessary or until the applicant has passed an examination.Before entering upon the duties of office, a notary public shall take and subscribe what?...an oath to be endorsed on the notary public's commission.The notary seal has what 4 things?

• coat of arms of the state
• "notary Public" or "notarial seal"
• name of the notary public
• "State of Ohio"

The journal/register must contain what 2 things?

• a copy of every certificate of protest and copy of note
• which seal and record shall be exempt from execution.

Where should the journal/register be deposited?In the office of the county recorder of the county in which he resides.A notary public can do what 4 things?

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• O--administer oaths required or authorized by law
• D--take and certify depositions
• A--take and certify acknowledgements of deeds, mortgages, liens, and powers of

attorney and other instruments of writing

• P--receive, make and record notarial protests

What are the powers of a notary that takes takes depositions?In taking these, the notary has the power which is by law vested in judges of county courts to compel the attendance of witnesses and punish them for refusing to testify.

*Sheriffs and Constables are required to serve and return all process issued by notaries public in the taking of depositions.What are the fees for notary services?$1.50--taking and certifying one signature on an affidavit $2.00--acknowledging all instruments in writing What are the 2 punishments for a notary public that performs an act after the expiration of their term?

• Forfeit not more than $500.
• Not be eligible for reappointment.

What happens if a notary public...-charges or receives a fee greater than the amount allowed, or -unfaithfully discharges any of his duties as a notary public They are removed from office by the court of common please of the county in which the notary public resides.They are ineligible for reappointment.What is the punishment for certifying an affidavit without administering an oath or affirmation?

• Removed from office by the court of common pleas of the county in which a

conviction for a violation was had

• Person is ineligible reappointment to a period of 3 years.

What is an oath?

It is a declaration by a person before an office authorized by law.It states that what they said or about to say is true or a promise that he will faithfully perform certain acts.What 2 things are needed for a proper and legal oath? (religious)

• an appeal to God to witness the sincerity of the statement
• some kind of outward act demonstrating this appeal (raise right hand or place it on

the bible.) "Do you solemnly swear that what you are about to say or have said is true, so help you God?" What 2 things are needed for a proper and legal oath? (non-religious)

• an appeal for the sincerity of the statement
• some kind of outward act demonstrating this appeal (raise right hand.)

"Do you solemnly swear (or affirm) that what you are about to say or have said is true under pains and penalties of perjury?" What is an affadavit?This is a written statement of facts, the truth of which is sworn to before a person authorized to administer oaths, and followed by an official statement of the person taking the oath that the affidavit was signed and sworn to in his presence.In certifying an affidavit, what 3 things does a notary need to do?

• administer an oath or affirmation (where the affiant is asked to state that the facts in

the affidavit are true.)

• Have the affiant sign the affidavit in the presence of the notary
• Complete and execute the certification on the instrument below the signature of the

affiant.What is an acknowledgement?(To deeds, mortgages, liens, powers of attorneys, etc...) -This is a formal declaration by a person executing a DOCUMENT made to an official authorized by law to accept it (like a notary) -States that the person executed the document freely and voluntarily for the purpose set forth in the document.What 3 things need to happen to notarize an instrument in the state of Ohio?