Identification and the journal — free practice questions
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Satisfactory evidence, credible witnesses, and every entry the journal must carry. These are the questions the app shows a non-premium user for this part. The full bank carries 56 practice questions here plus 34 in the mock pool, each written from the Notary Public Handbook published by the California Secretary of State and carrying the verbatim provision it tests.
When completing a certificate of acknowledgment or a jurat, what is the notary public required to certify?
Why: Civil Code sections 1185(a) and 1189 and Government Code section 8202 require the notary to certify to the identity of the signer. The notary never certifies the truth, legality or completeness of the document's contents.
Which element is part of the statutory definition of "satisfactory evidence" of identity?
Why: Satisfactory evidence has two halves: the reasonable-person condition, plus one of the three permitted proofs — identification documents, the oath of a single credible witness personally known to the notary, or the oaths of two credible witnesses. Even a perfect identification document does not establish identity if the surrounding circumstances would make a reasonable person doubt it.
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