Notarial acts — free practice questions
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Acknowledgments, jurats and proofs of execution — what each certifies and the wording each requires. These are the questions the app shows a non-premium user for this part. The full bank carries 57 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.
In a certificate of acknowledgment, which combination does the notary public certify?
Why: Civil Code section 1189 sets these three certifications for an acknowledgment: personal appearance, identity, and acknowledgment of execution. Signing in the notary's presence and an administered oath belong to the jurat, not the acknowledgment.
A signer arrives with a document already signed at home and asks for an acknowledgment. What is correct?
Why: For an acknowledgment the signer acknowledges having executed the document; there is no requirement that the signature be made in front of the notary. A jurat is different: there the signer must sign in the notary's presence and take an oath.
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