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Types of Notarial Acts Flashcards

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  1. A signer brings a document that was already signed at home last week. Which notarial act allows the notary to proceed without requiring a new signature?

    Answer: An acknowledgment

    An acknowledgment only requires the signer to declare the existing signature is theirs and voluntarily made, so re-signing is unnecessary.

  2. For a jurat performed under New Mexico law, when must the document be signed?

    Answer: In the notary's presence at the time of notarization

    A jurat (verification on oath or affirmation) requires the signer to sign in the notary's presence and swear or affirm the contents are true.

  3. A customer asks a New Mexico notary to certify that a photocopy of a diploma is a true copy of the original. What must the notary do first?

    Answer: Compare the copy with the original document

    Certifying a copy requires the notary to personally determine the copy is a full, true, and accurate reproduction of the original.

  4. Which of the following is a notarial act in which no document signature is required at all?

    Answer: Administering an oath or affirmation

    A verbal oath or affirmation may be administered on its own, such as swearing in a witness, without any signed document.

  5. What is the key difference between an oath and an affirmation?

    Answer: An oath invokes a deity while an affirmation is a solemn secular promise

    An oath appeals to a supreme being, while an affirmation is a solemn declaration on personal honor; both carry equal legal weight and perjury penalties.

  6. A signer with a broken arm asks another person to sign her name on a deed. Under the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts (RULONA) as adopted in New Mexico, this is called signing by:

    Answer: An individual directed by the signer in the notary's presence

    RULONA permits a notary to notarize when another individual signs the record at the direction of a physically unable signer, in the presence of the notary.

  7. Which document type most commonly requires a jurat rather than an acknowledgment?

    Answer: An affidavit

    Affidavits are sworn statements of fact, so they require the signer to take an oath or affirmation before the notary — a jurat.