For issuing a Certificate of Official Character, the county clerk may charge:
$1.00
For issuing a certificate of authentication to the custodian of a notarized document, authenticating the signature of the Notary on that document's Notary certificate, the county clerk may charge:
$3.00
For executing a protest a Notary Public May charge:
75¢
There must have been an unequivocal and present act by which an affiant consciously took upon him - or - herself the obligation of an oath in order to sustain an indictment for:
perjury
For making a misstatement of a material fact on the application for appointment as a Notary Public, a notary:
May be removed from office
A criminal act in which the intent is to defraud, deceive or injure another, he falsely makes, completes or alters a written instrument
Forgery
For a notary public who is not also an attorney, preparing a power of attorney is:
Always the unauthorized practice of law
In a Notary certificate, the wording, "State of New York, County of ______", is the for generally employed for:
The venue
This term includes every mode authorized by law for administering an oath
Swear
A department is State authentication, attached to a notarized and county-certified document for possible international use, is:
An apostille
A written statement by an individual, giving another person the power to act for him or her, is called:
Power of attorney
A mortgage on real property is:
A written instrument, duly executed and delivered, that creates a lien upon real property as security for the payment of specific debt.
The placing of an instrument in the hands of a person as a depository, who on the happening of a designated event is to deliver the instrument to a third person. This agreement once established should be unalterable
Escrow
A person appointed by the court to manage the estate of a deceased person who left no will is called:
An administrator
Unlawful constraint exercised upon a person whereby he is forced to do some act against his will.
Duress
Every person appointed as Notary public must, at the time of his or her appointment:
Have an equivalent of a common school education
The jurisdiction of notaries public is ______
Co-extensive with the boundaries of the state of New York
According to the Banking Law, how soon after the contents of the safe deposit box have been inventoried must a copy of the certificate be sent to the lease:
Within 10 days
According to the banking law, after the lessee has been notified, how many days must pass before a safe deposit box may be opened:
30 days
A signed statement, duly sworn to by the maker thereof, before a Notary Public or other officer authorized to administer other, is called:
An affidavit
A written testimony of a witness, taken out of court or another hearing proceeding, under oath or by affirmation before a Notary Public, which is intended to be used at the trial or hearing, is called:
A deposition
The act of the notary obtaining satisfactory evidence of the identity of the person whose acknowledgment is taken
Taking an acknowledgment
A formal declaration, made before a duly authorized officer, by a written person who is described in and has executed a written instrument, that such execution is his act and deed is called:
An acknowledgement
The person who makes and subscribes his or her signature to an affidavit is called:
An affiant
On a Sunday, a notary public must not:
Take a deposition in a civil proceeding
A solemn declaration made by persons who conscientiously decline to take an oath is:
An affirmation
That part of an affidavit where the Notary Public certified that is was sworn to before him or her is called:
The jurat
When a notary public takes an acknowledgment for a document that does NOT relate to real property, the current certificate to use is a
Uniform forms of acknowledgment or proof that has been acceptable in the past
A notary public who is not also an attorney May:
Administer the oath to a member of the legislature
For taking and certifying the acknowledgment of a written instrument by 3 signers, a Notary Public shall be entitled to a fee of:
$6.00
For taking an affidavit and certifying the same, a notary public shall be entitled to the fee of:
$2 total
It is illegal for a Notary Public to take an acknowledgment of affidavit:
Without the personal appearance of the person making the acknowledgment or affidavit before the Notary at the time of the notarization
I'm taking an acknowledgment over the phone, a notary:
Is guilty of a misdemeanor
A notary public who is a party in interest to a legal instrument:
May not take any acknowledgment pertaining to that instrument
According to the NY Notary Law, once a Notary Public has received their commission, she/he is considered
A public officer
Soliciting business on behalf of an attorney is considered:
A misdemeanor
The delay or negligence is asserting one's legal rights is called
Laches
Behavior disrespectful of the authority of the court which disrupts the execution of court orders, is called
Contempts
Personal property, such as household good or fixtures is called
Chattel
A writing which evidences both an obligation to pay money and a security interest in a lease or specific goods
Chattel paper
A statute is:
A law established by an act of the legislature
A written instrument, given to pass title of personal property from vendor to vendré, is called
A bill of sale