Powers and Limitations

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1. Which is among the acts a traditional notary public is expressly empowered to perform under Rule IV, Section 1?
2. May a traditional notary notarize a blank or incomplete instrument merely because the requesting client promises to com…
3. Under Rule IV, Section 3, is a notary disqualified from notarizing an instrument to which the notary is a party?
4. A traditional notary is asked to notarize a deed for her spouse, who is a principal. Both the document and identificati…
5. A client offers the prescribed notarial fee, but the notary knows the proposed transaction is unlawful. What must the n…
6. A principal is physically able to place a thumbmark but cannot write a signature. She asks a traditional notary to cert…
7. A hospitalized principal is physically unable either to sign or make a mark and directs the notary to sign on his behal…
8. A client asks a traditional notary to notarize an incomplete deed and promises to fill its blanks afterward. The client…
9. Explain the safeguards under Rule IV, Section 1(b) when a traditional notary certifies a principal’s thumbmark rather t…
10. A principal is physically unable to sign or make any mark. Explain the conditions under which the traditional notary ma…
11. A traditional notary is asked to acknowledge a deed executed by the notary’s first cousin. What disqualification applie…
12. A notary is promised a percentage of the land-sale price if the notarized sale closes. Apart from the lawful notarial f…