Free HI-NOTARY Practice Questions

Question 1

An applicant scores 86% on the closed-book examination, pays the $100 commission-issuance fee, receives the commission certificate, and obtains a compliant seal. The applicant has not yet filed the original $1,000 bond, a copy of the commission, a seal impression, and a signature specimen with the proper circuit court. What should the applicant do next?

Accepted Answer

Complete the required circuit-court filings before performing any notarial act

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Begin notarizing because receipt of the commission certificate activates the commission

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Limit notarizations to documents that will not be recorded with the Bureau of Conveyances

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Use the commission for 30 days while the bond and filing documents are processed

Question 2

A former Hawaii notary allowed a commission to expire and did not renew it. Fourteen months after expiration, the person wants authority to notarize again. Which route applies?

Accepted Answer

Apply as a new applicant because restoration is unavailable more than one year after expiration

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Pay the $80 restoration charge and complete restoration of the former commission

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Seek reinstatement because an expired commission is treated as a suspended commission

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Submit a late renewal application and pay the ordinary renewal charges

Question 3

A notary employed by a bank is asked to take the bank president's acknowledgment on an instrument executed for the bank. Neither the notary nor the notary's spouse or civil partner is a party to the instrument or directly beneficially interested in it. Which application of Hawaii's corporate-connection rule is correct?

Accepted Answer

Proceed because employment alone does not disqualify a notary who has no prohibited interest

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Decline unless the bank's board formally waives the employee-notary's conflict before the act

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Proceed only after outside counsel provides written confirmation of the president's authority to sign

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Decline because employment by the bank creates an apparent financial conflict in this transaction

Question 4

A customer presents a signed statement with no notarial certificate and asks a nonlawyer notary, "Should this be an acknowledgment or a jurat?" What is the most appropriate response?

Accepted Answer

Describe the procedural difference without choosing, then direct the customer to the preparer, recipient, or an attorney

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Attach an acknowledgment because it requires no oath and places fewer obligations on the signer

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Select whichever certificate seems most likely to satisfy the receiving agency's legal requirements

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Choose a jurat because factual statements should be sworn even when the document provides no certificate

Question 5

A properly identified signer requests a lawful acknowledgment. The notary has no conflict of interest but strongly disagrees with the political position expressed in the instrument. Under Hawaii's conduct rule, the notary should:

Accepted Answer

Perform the acknowledgment without using the document's viewpoint to deny service or alter the fee

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Charge an additional fee because controversial instruments create greater reputational and business risk

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Require the signer to delete the political language before completing an otherwise lawful acknowledgment

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Decline and refer the signer to a notary whose personal views are compatible with the instrument

Question 6

For an ordinary in-person acknowledgment that does not involve a real-estate conveyance, a signer presents a government-issued driver's license that expired two years and eight months ago. The license bears a photograph and signature that match the signer, and nothing else raises doubt about identity. How does Hawaii's identification rule apply to this credential?

Accepted Answer

It may be satisfactory evidence because expiration was within the permitted three-year period

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It may be used only after the issuing agency verifies the credential and confirms that renewal is pending

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The license is acceptable only if a second government credential is also presented

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The license is unacceptable because all identification must be current on the date of the act

Question 7

A signer who lacks identification personally appears with a credible witness. The witness personally knows the signer, takes an oath verifying the signer's identity, and presents a current U.S. passport. The notary has never met the witness. Which identity route is available?

Accepted Answer

The route is available because qualifying identification may establish the credible witness's identity

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The route is unavailable because personal knowledge of the credible witness is required even when the witness presents a current passport

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Only two credible witnesses can substitute for the signer's government identification

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The signer must leave and obtain a government credential before the requested act can proceed

Question 8

An older adult is alert and properly identified, but the adult's beneficiary answers nearly every question and insists that the document be signed immediately. When interviewed alone, the signer says, "I do not want to sign this." What is the decisive finding?

Accepted Answer

Decline because the signer has not voluntarily consented to the act

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Proceed after recording the beneficiary's conduct and the signer's statement in the journal

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Allow the beneficiary to consent because the beneficiary will receive the property

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Proceed because satisfactory identification establishes the signer's capacity to complete the act

Question 9

A person is physically unable to sign or make a mark but can communicate intentions and voluntarily asks a Hawaii notary to sign under the statutory accommodation procedure. A doctor's certificate attached to the document confirms both the physical inability and the ability to communicate. Which action completes the signature step correctly?

Accepted Answer

The notary signs the person's name in the person's presence and writes beneath it, "Signature affixed by notary public pursuant to section 456-19, Hawaii Revised Statutes."

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The doctor signs before the appointment, attaches the medical certificate, and asks the notary to acknowledge the doctor's signature

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A family member signs at the appointment, and the notary records the relative as an attorney-in-fact without requiring a power of attorney

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A disinterested witness signs the person's name in the person's presence, and the notary notes that the witness signed at the person's direction under section 456-19

Question 10

A grantor signed a deed at home yesterday. Today the grantor personally appears, provides satisfactory identification, states that the signature is genuine and voluntary, and asks for the acknowledgment printed on the deed. How may the requested acknowledgment be completed?

Accepted Answer

Take the acknowledgment; the grantor need not sign the deed again in the notary's presence

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Refuse because an acknowledged signature must first be made in the notary's physical presence

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Require two credible witnesses because the signature predates the notarial appointment

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Replace the acknowledgment with a jurat and administer an oath about the deed's contents

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