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  1. Under Connecticut law, keeping a notary journal is:

    Answer: Not required by statute, but strongly recommended as a best practice

    Connecticut statutes do not mandate a journal for traditional notarizations, but maintaining one is a widely recommended best practice.

  2. A Connecticut notary's employer paid for the notary's journal. When the notary resigns, who has the right to keep the journal?

    Answer: The notary, because the journal is the notary's personal record

    A notary journal belongs to the notary personally regardless of who purchased it, because it records the notary's official acts.

  3. Which physical format is recommended for a notary journal to deter tampering?

    Answer: A bound book with consecutively numbered pages

    A bound journal with numbered pages makes it obvious if any page is removed or altered.

  4. Which of the following pieces of information is most appropriate to record in a journal entry?

    Answer: The type of notarial act performed and the date it was performed

    Journals should record the act, date, document type, signer identity, and ID method, never sensitive data like full Social Security numbers.

  5. A notary makes an error while writing a journal entry. What is the correct way to fix it?

    Answer: Draw a single line through the error, write the correction, and initial it

    Corrections should be made with a single line-through and initials so the original entry remains legible and the record stays trustworthy.

  6. Why should a journal entry be completed at the time of the notarization rather than at the end of the day?

    Answer: A contemporaneous record is more accurate and more credible as evidence

    Entries made at the time of the act are more reliable and carry greater evidentiary weight if the notarization is later challenged.

  7. A signer asks the notary to skip the journal entry because he is in a hurry. What should the notary do?

    Answer: Complete the journal entry anyway, since record keeping is part of the notary's own procedure

    The journal is the notary's protective record, and the notary, not the signer, controls whether an entry is made.