MS Notary Notarial Acts and Procedures 2

Question 1

A signer brings a document already signed at home and asks a Mississippi notary for an acknowledgment. What must the notary require before completing the act?

Accepted Answer

The signer must appear personally and acknowledge the signature is theirs

Answer

For an acknowledgment, the signature may be made beforehand, but the signer must personally appear and acknowledge that the signature is their own voluntary act.

Question 2

Which notarial act requires the signer to sign the document in the notary's presence?

Accepted Answer

A verification on oath or affirmation (jurat)

Answer

A jurat requires the signer to sign in the notary's presence after taking an oath or affirmation that the contents are true.

Question 3

Under Mississippi law, when must the notarial certificate be completed?

Accepted Answer

Contemporaneously with the performance of the notarial act

Answer

Mississippi's Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts requires the certificate to be executed at the same time the notarial act is performed.

Question 4

A Mississippi notary is asked to notarize a deed in which the notary is named as the grantee. What should the notary do?

Accepted Answer

Refuse, because a notary may not notarize a document in which they have a disqualifying interest

Answer

A notary may not perform a notarial act on a record in which the notary is a party or has a direct beneficial interest.

Question 5

What is the difference between an oath and an affirmation in a Mississippi notarization?

Accepted Answer

An oath invokes a deity while an affirmation is a solemn promise on personal honor

Answer

An oath appeals to a Supreme Being, while an affirmation is an equally binding solemn declaration made on one's personal honor, and the signer may choose either.

(MS Notary) Mississippi Notary Exam Practice Test

(MS Notary) Mississippi Notary Exam Practice Test

MS Notary Notarial Acts and Procedures 2