Powers, duties and conduct — free practice questions
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Statewide authority, the fee schedule, the duty to officiate, and the bar on practising law. These are the questions the app shows a non-premium user for this part. The full bank carries 50 practice questions here plus 30 in the mock pool, each written from the Notary Public License Law booklet published by the New York Department of State and carrying the verbatim provision it tests.
Which set of acts is every duly qualified New York notary authorized to perform throughout the State?
Why: Executive Law 135 lists the core powers, exercisable within and throughout the State. Drafting instruments is the practice of law, and a New York notary has no authority to solemnize a marriage.
What may a New York notary do with foreign and inland bills of exchange and promissory notes?
Why: Executive Law 135 keeps the historic protest power, with the demand and the protest both named. Unlike California, New York does not limit this power to notaries employed by a financial institution.
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