Notarial Glossary

Question 1

Information inscribed on a tangible medium

Answer 1

Record

Question 2

A notary authorized to perform notarial acts

Answer 2

Notarial officer

Question 3

An individual seeking appointment or reappointment as a notary

Answer 3

Applicant

Question 4

A person appointed notary but who has not taken the oath of office yet

Answer 4

Appointee

Question 5

Of or related to money

Answer 5

Pecuniary

Question 6

A certificate of dishonor under the seal of a government authority

Answer 6

Protest

Question 7

Perceptible by touch

Answer 7

Tangible

Question 8

An obligation to be honest and sincere in one’s communications

Answer 8

Duty of Candor

Question 9

A guilty trial verdict or a finding of not guilty due to insanity

Answer 9

Conviction

Question 10

A tangible or electronic symbol evidencing the signing of a document

Answer 10

Signature

Question 11

A notary register

Answer 11

Signature

Question 12

A declaration that a statement in a record is true

Answer 12

Verification on oath

Question 13

A government other than: the U.S., a state, or a federally recognized tribe

Answer 13

Foreign state

Question 14

A declaration by an individual before a notarial officer that: 1) the individual has signed a record for the purpose stated in the record; and 2) if the record is signed in a representative capacity, the individual signed the record with proper authority and signed it as the act of the individual or entity identified in the record

Answer 14

Acknowledgment

Question 15

The naming of an individual to the office of notary public after determination that the individual has complied with 57 Pa.C.S. 321(a) and (b) of the Revised Unifrom Law on Notarial acts

Answer 15

Appoint or Appointment

Question 16

An electronic symbol, sound or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by an individual with the intent to sign the record

Answer 16

Electronic signature

Question 17

An act, whether performed with respect to a tangible or electronic record, that a notarial office may perform under the laws of this Commonwealth. The term includes: 1) taking an acknowledgment, 2) administering an oath or affirmation, 3) taking a verification on oath or affirmation, 4) witnessing or attesting a signature, 5) certifying or attesting a copy or deposition, or 6) noting a protest of a negotiable instrument.

Answer 17

Notarial act

Question 18

An individual commissioned to perform a notarial act by the department

Answer 18

Notary public