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NC Notary Public Study Guide
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What is the minimum score for passing the NC Notary Public Exam? ✔✔80%
Within how many days of the Notary commission issue date should the oath be taken? ✔✔ 45 days
Where does one take the oath? ✔✔Register of Deeds office
How soon can you begin the renewal process prior to the date your commission expires? ✔✔ 10 weeks
How long does a North Carolina Notary commission last? (what is the length of the term?) ✔✔ 5 years
What is the state commission fee for being a notary public? ✔✔$
How long does it take to process the application? ✔✔2 weeks
What is the minimum age requirement to become a notary? ✔✔18 years old
What are the residency requirements to become a notary in NC? ✔✔Either reside in the state (or) regularly conduct business in NC
What are the language requirements to become a notary in NC? ✔✔Must be able to read, write, and speak English.
What are the educational requirements to become a notary in NC? ✔✔Must have a high school diploma or equivalent, (and) keep the most recent Notary manual approved by the NC Secretary of State
What are the criminal restrictions to become a notary in NC? ✔✔Those convicted of a felony under NC or federal law, or those convicted of a felony in another state that is also a felony in NC may not become an NC notary public.
Acknowledgment: ✔✔1) individual appeared in person and presented record, 2) individual was personally known to the notary, 3) signed while in the physical presence of the notary (or) indicated that the signature was his/her own
Applicant: ✔✔An individual who seeks appointment for the first time or reappointment to the office of notary public.
Appoint (or) Appointment: ✔✔Name an individual to the office of notary public.
Appointee: ✔✔An individual who has been appointed or reappointed to the office of notary public but has not yet taken the oath of office to be commissioned.
Affirmation: ✔✔A notarial act which is legally equivalent to an oath and in which a notary certifies that at a single time and place all the following occurred: (1) individual appeared in person (2) individual was either known to the notary or provided proper identification and (3) individual made a vow of truthfulness on penalty of perjury, based on personal honor and without invoking a deity or using any form of the word "swear".
Attest (or) Attestation: ✔✔The completion of a certificate by a notary who has performed a notarial act.
Commission: ✔✔The empowerment to perform notarial acts and the written evidence of authority to perform those acts.
Commissioning date: ✔✔The date of commissioning or recommissioning as entered on a commission certificate.
Credible witness: ✔✔An individual who is personally known to the notary and to whom all of the following also apply: (1) the notary believes the individual to be honest and reliable (2) the notary believes the individual is not a party to or beneficiary of the transaction.
jurat: ✔✔A notary's certificate evidencing the administration of an oath or affirmation.
moral turpitude: ✔✔Conduct contrary to expected standards of honesty, morality, or integrity.
notarial act, notary act, & notarization: ✔✔The act of taking an acknowledgment, taking a verification or proof, or administering an oath or affirmation that a notary is empowered to perform under 10B-20(a).
personal knowledge: ✔✔familiarity with an individual resulting from interactions over a period of time sufficient to eliminate every reasonable doubt that the individual has the identity claimed
principal: ✔✔1) in the case of an acknowledgement, the individual whose identity and due execution of a record is being certified by the notary, 2) in the case of a verification or proof, the individual other than a subscribing witness whose identity and due execution of the record is being proven or signature is being identified as genuine, or 3) in the case of an oath/affirmation, the individual who makes a vow of truthfulness on penalty of perjury
Regular place of work or business: ✔✔a location, office, or other workspace where an individual regularly spends all or part of the individual's work time
satisfactory evidence: of ID: ✔✔identification of an individual based on either 1) at least one current document issued by a federal, state, or federal and state-recognized tribal group bearing photographic image of the individual's face and either the signature or a physical description of the individual or 2) the oath or affirmation of one credible witness who personally knows the individual seeking to be identified
seal or stamp: ✔✔a device for affixing on a paper record an image containing a notary's name, the words "notary public" and other info required
Subscribing Witness: ✔✔a person who signs a record for the purpose of being a witness to the principal's execution of the record or to the principal's acknowledgement of his/her execution of the record
suspension and restriction: ✔✔The termination of a notary's commission for a period of time (temporarily) as stated in an order.
verification or proof: ✔✔a notarial act in which a notary certifies that all of the following occurred: 1) an individual appeared in person before the notary, 2) the individual was personally known to the notary to identified by the notary through satisfactory evidence 3) the individual was not a party to or beneficiary of the transaction 4) the individual gave and affirmation/oath and testified
notary laws contained in NC General Statutes? ✔✔10B
how many days do you have to send application after completing the class? ✔✔90 days/ months
