Application For Appointment As Notary Public (Page 4 of 6) in pdf

3. What official is authorized by law to appoint notary public?

a. the Town Clerk of the town in which the notary resides.

b. the Governor.

c. the Secretary of the State.

d. all of the above.

4. Which of the following best describes an affidavit?

a. any written or printed statement of fact.

b. a written or printed statement of fact that is signed in the presence of two witnesses.

c. a written or printed statement of facts made voluntarily and confirmed by an oath made before an officer having

authority to administer such oath.

5. What must a notary do to resign his/her commission?

a. advise the secretary of the state’s office in writing of his/her intention to resign and the effective date of that

resignation.

b. advise the secretary of the state’s office by telephone of his/her intention to resign and the effective date of that

resignation.

c. publish a legal notice in a local newspaper.

d. mail his/her notary certificate back to the secretary of the state’s office.

Section 3

– In the space before the terms listed below, write the number of the phrase that most accurately defines that term:

__________oath

__________Notarial Act

__________Acknowledgment

_________Notary Public

__________Notarial Certificate

1. Any act that a notary is empowered to perform under the general statutes.

A notarial act in which a notary public certifies that a signatory, whose identity is personally known to the

notary public or proven on the basis of satisfactory evidence, has admitted, in the notary public’s presence, to

having voluntarily signed a document for its stated purpose.

Any person appointed by the Secretary of the State to perform notarial acts.

The part of, or attachment to, a notarized document to be completed and signed by the notary public.

A notarial act, or part thereof, in which a notary public certifies that a person has made a vow in the presence

of the notary public on penalty of perjury.

Section 4 –

Please respond to the following on the paper provided.

Write out the complete form of acknowledgment for either an individual or a corporation

2. Write out the form that a notary public would complete, when a sworn statement (affidavit) is made

3. Write out the oath administered to a notary public

4. Describe the ceremony of administering an oath.

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