Notary Public Test Cuyahoga (Italics) Study Guide Questions And Correct Answers

warnings 13 {Ans: Do not take the acknowledgement on any instrument wherein blanks are left to be filled in later. Read and examine it carefully before administering the oath or affirmation. Insist upon a completely prepared instrument before you take the acknowledgment of any person a party thereto.}Notary Public {Ans: may perform the following duties: administer oaths or affirmations, certify acknowledgments, take and certify depositions, and other instruments in writing, receive, make and record notarial protests.}Acknowledgment {Ans: An acknowledgment is the act of one who has executed a deed, mortgage, lease or other formal instrument before some competent officer or court and declaring it to be his or her signature and free act and deed. In other words, it is a formal authentication of the instrument. Its purpose chiefly is to entitle the instrument to record and to authorize its introduction in evidence without further proof of its execution.}practice of Law {Ans: The term "draw for others" means the act of composing the legal language in the preparation of documents and does not include the acts of a secretary or stenographer in transcribing and preparing a document dictated by a person authorized to draw legal documents.