Notary Exam Prep
Practice exam preparation for state notary public examinations — organized in one family hub.
PassProfessor Notary Exam Prep covers the state notary public examinations in the expanding PassProfessor catalog. Each program is built to the commissioning state’s published handbook and exam content for its notary examination, so candidates study the law and practice their exam actually covers.
A notary public is a public official commissioned by a state — typically through its secretary of state or another appointing authority — to witness signatures, administer oaths, and deter fraud in document transactions. Some states require applicants to pass an examination on the state’s notary law and practice before commission; the examinations differ by state, and each program in this family prepares candidates for their own state’s exam.
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Notary Programs
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Arizona Notary Public Exam Prep
Arizona’s new gateway to a notary public commission: a 45-question, 60-minute multiple-choice competency examination instituted by the Arizona Secretary of State under A.R.S. § 41-270, required of all new and renewing notaries since July 1, 2025, drawn directly from the Secretary of State’s *Notary Public Reference Manual*, with a passing score of 80% and the manual built into the examination itself — no physical copy allowed. The commission runs four years, with a $5,000 bond and a $43 Arizona State application and bond filing fee, and renewal means passing the examination again. This program in the PassProfessor catalog prepares candidates for the Arizona Notary Public sitting itself.
Status: in the works — enrollment is not yet open.
California Notary Public Exam Prep
California’s double gate: a Secretary of State approved six-hour course of study, then a separate written examination administered by CPS HR Consulting — multiple-choice, closed-book, proctored, 45 items in 1 hour (40 scored across five content areas, Misconduct/Fees the largest at 15, plus 5 non-scored), with a scaled score of at least 70 required to pass and testing only once per calendar month. Behind the examination stand a Live Scan background check, a $15,000 bond, and a non-extendable 30-calendar-day oath and bond filing, for a statewide four-year commission. This program in the PassProfessor catalog prepares candidates for the California Notary Public examination itself — it does not satisfy the approved course requirement, which only a Secretary of State approved vendor can provide.
Status: in the works — enrollment is not yet open.
Colorado Notary Public Exam Prep
Colorado commissions its notaries through the Secretary of State under the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts: approved training and the Secretary of State’s own open-book online examination, both completed no more than 90 days before applying or renewing under the current Notary Program Rules, a $10.00 Colorado application fee, and a four-year term — with the Secretary of State’s training and examination themselves free. The PassProfessor program in preparation is built on that package and on the Official Notary Handbook, one of the examination’s four named sources.
Status: in the works — enrollment is not yet open.
Hawaii Notary Public Exam Prep
Hawaii’s gateway to a notary public commission, administered by the Department of the Attorney General — not a secretary of state: an online application with a character letter and a justification letter, approval by the Attorney General, and only then a written, closed-book examination on Hawaii notary law, at a passing score of 80 percent and $10 per examination. The route continues with a $100 issuance fee, a $1,000 surety bond approved by a circuit court judge, and a four-year statewide commission under Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 456 and Hawaii Administrative Rules Chapter 5-11 — with no education course required. This program in the PassProfessor catalog prepares candidates for the Hawaii Notary Public sitting itself.
Status: in the works — enrollment is not yet open.
Illinois Notary Public Exam Prep
Illinois’s course + examination gateway to a notary public commission, administered under the Illinois Secretary of State’s Index Department: since January 1, 2024, first-time and renewing applicants alike complete a 3-hour course of study from a Secretary of State–certified provider and pass the final examination at the completion of the course — 50 questions from a test bank of at least 100, where, in the rule’s published form, a student must score at least 85% on the final examination, with re-tests on different questions and a failed course after three failures. The route runs certified course first, then a $5,000 surety bond with the oath of office endorsed on its face, then the online application with its $15 Illinois appointment fee, to a four-year commission — and the whole package repeats at every renewal. This program in the PassProfessor catalog prepares candidates for the Illinois course final examination itself; it is preparation only and is not a certified course.
Status: in the works — enrollment is not yet open.
Indiana Notary Public Exam Prep
Indiana’s inside-the-application gateway to a notary public commission: a $75 application to the Indiana Secretary of State that carries the State’s own education course and a 30-question examination — at least 80% (24 correct answers) to pass, retaken after a 24-hour wait with unlimited attempts — delivered online in the Learner Hub once the application is approved. The commission itself runs eight years on a $25,000 surety bond, held in place by continuing education of not more than two hours every two years, and renewal returns the notary to the course and examination under a new commission number. This program in the PassProfessor catalog prepares candidates for the Indiana Notary Public sitting itself.
Status: in the works — enrollment is not yet open.
Louisiana Notary Public Exam Prep
Louisiana’s civil law notary examination: a four-hour, computer-administered sitting at LSU Baton Rouge for a lifetime, parish-of-residence commission whose holder drafts and executes authentic acts, conveyances, matrimonial contracts, wills, inventories, partitions, and instruments of writing generally. Non-attorney applicants qualify with the Secretary of State, complete the mandatory online pre-assessment — an evaluation with no passing score — and pass the state examination, every item drawn from the official study guide, *Fundamentals of Louisiana Notarial Law and Practice*, which may be carried into the room under the state’s marking and tabbing rules, to a scaled score of 70 (of 100). No course is required by law. Applicants licensed to practice law in Louisiana are exempt from the pre-assessment and the examination. This program in the PassProfessor catalog prepares candidates for the Louisiana Notary Public examination itself.
Status: in the works — enrollment is not yet open.
Maryland Notary Public Exam Prep
Maryland’s course-and-examination gateway to a notary public commission, under the Secretary of State’s Notary Division: since October 1, 2021, a new applicant completes a course of study with a Secretary of State–authorized provider and passes that provider’s examination — at least 20 multiple-choice questions, with at least 80 percent of the questions correctly answered required for a Certificate of Passing — filing the Certificate of Completion and the Certificate of Passing with the online application, through the State Senator determination, to the oath before the Clerk of the Circuit Court within 30 days and a four-year, statewide commission that renews on the course of study. This program in the PassProfessor catalog prepares candidates for the Maryland Notary Public course-and-examination package itself.
Status: in the works — enrollment is not yet open.
Missouri Notary Public Exam Prep
Missouri’s statutory gateway to a notary public commission: a written examination administered by the Missouri Secretary of State, based on notarial laws, procedures, and ethics, on which every applicant must receive a score of eighty percent or better before a commission is issued — alongside the attestation to having read the Missouri Notary Public Handbook or having received the Secretary’s prescribed training (online or written). The commission runs four years with a $10,000 bond and a 60-day county-clerk qualifying stage, and there is no renewal: reapplication repeats the full route, examination included. This program in the PassProfessor catalog prepares candidates for the Missouri Notary Public sitting itself.
Status: in the works — enrollment is not yet open.
Montana Notary Public Exam Prep
Montana’s course-and-examination gateway to a notary public commission, under the Secretary of State: every applicant for a new or renewed commission completes approved notary education — at least four hours within the previous twelve months for a new commission — and passes an examination based on that course of study, for which a grade of 80% is considered passing, with the certification of both filed alongside the $25,000 bond and the $25 Montana application fee in a single online application, to a four-year, statewide commission that renews on the whole package again. This program in the PassProfessor catalog prepares candidates for the Montana Notary Public course-and-examination package itself.
Status: in the works — enrollment is not yet open.
Nebraska Notary Public Exam Prep
Nebraska’s high-bar gateway to a notary public commission, administered by the Nebraska Secretary of State: a 20-question online exam taken through ClassMarker without assistance from others, where — in the Secretary of State’s published form — you will have three attempts to achieve a passing score of 85% prior to being commissioned, and if you are not successful after three attempts, you will no longer be eligible to be a notary public in Nebraska. A passing score holds for 90 days, and the route runs exam first, then a $15,000 surety bond signed twice with the oath of office endorsed on it, then the online application with its $30 Nebraska filing fee, to a four-year, statewide general notary public commission with no education course required. This program in the PassProfessor catalog prepares candidates for the Nebraska Notary Exam itself.
Status: in the works — enrollment is not yet open.
New Jersey Notary Public Exam Prep
New Jersey’s course-and-examination gateway to a notary public commission, under the State Treasurer through the Department of the Treasury, Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES): for an initial commission, a non-attorney applicant proves completion of a six-hour course of study approved by the State Treasurer and a pass on an examination prescribed by the State Treasurer, both built on the New Jersey Notary Public Manual — with the application endorsed by a member of the Legislature, a $25 New Jersey application fee, and the oath before the county clerk within three months, to a five-year, statewide commission that renews on a three-hour continuing education course. This program in the PassProfessor catalog prepares candidates for the New Jersey Notary Public course-and-examination package itself.
Status: in the works — enrollment is not yet open.
New York Notary Public Exam Prep
New York’s pass/fail gateway to a notary public commission: a one-hour, multiple-choice written examination administered by the Department of State, Division of Licensing Services, drawn from license law and the duties and functions of a notary public as outlined in the official *Notary Public License Law* booklet — with no education course required, a $15 New York State examination fee, and results reported as passed or failed only, valid for two years. The commission itself runs four years, is filed in the notary’s county of residence, and carries statewide jurisdiction, the journal duty every New York notary has kept since 2023, and the electronic notarization rules of Executive Law section 135-c. New York attorneys and qualifying Unified Court System court clerks are exempt from the examination. This program in the PassProfessor catalog prepares candidates for the New York Notary Public sitting itself.
Status: in the works — enrollment is not yet open.
North Carolina Notary Public Exam Prep
North Carolina’s paired gateway to a notary public commission: a mandatory course of classroom instruction of not less than six hours approved by the Secretary of State, with a written examination at its close that an applicant passes by answering at least eighty percent (80%) of the questions correctly — and an online recommissioning examination, 20 questions in 30 minutes at the same standard, at every five-year renewal. The content is notarial laws, procedures, and ethics under Chapter 10B of the General Statutes; the commission carries statewide jurisdiction for five years, the application fee charged by the state is $50, and licensed members of the North Carolina State Bar are exempt from the course and the examination. This program in the PassProfessor catalog prepares candidates for the North Carolina Notary Public examinations themselves.
Status: in the works — enrollment is not yet open.
Ohio Notary Public Exam Prep
Ohio’s course-and-test gateway to a notary public commission, under the Ohio Secretary of State: for a non-attorney applicant, a three-hour education program and a test on its published twenty-two-topic curriculum, both through a Secretary of State–authorized provider before the application is filed — $130 to the provider, a criminal records check within six months, and a $15 filing fee — to a five-year, statewide commission. Attorneys admitted in Ohio take the same three-hour education and are not required to pass the test. A failure may be retaken after thirty days, a second failure re-starts the process, renewal is one hour of education with no test, and remote online notarization is a separate authorization with its own course and test. This program in the PassProfessor catalog prepares applicants for the Ohio education and testing package itself.
Status: in the works — enrollment is not yet open.
Pennsylvania Notary Public Exam Prep
Pennsylvania’s proctored gateway to a notary public commission: a computer-based examination administered for the Pennsylvania Department of State by Pearson VUE, based on the mandatory three-hour basic education course of study under the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts (RULONA), with a scaled score of 75 or higher required to pass and a $65 per-test vendor fee. Every applicant without a current and unexpired commission must pass it — first-time applicants and lapsed notaries alike, even after a lapse of one day — while a timely renewal takes continuing education with no examination. The commission itself runs four years, with a $25,000 bond and 45-day recording duties on appointment, under the Department’s regulations effective March 28, 2026. This program in the PassProfessor catalog prepares candidates for the Pennsylvania Notary Public sitting itself.
Status: in the works — enrollment is not yet open.
Utah Notary Public Exam Prep
Utah’s weighted gateway to a notary public commission, administered by the Office of the Lieutenant Governor: an online test of 35 multiple choice questions carrying 65 points in total — 10 questions worth 4 points and 25 worth 1 point — where you must pass with 61 points or higher, a margin of just 4 points. The route runs entirely through notary.utah.gov: a $95 fee paid after the test ($55 administration and $40 test), a mandatory background check, a $5,000 bond and a notarized oath, and a four-year commission with no renewal — an expired commission is re-sought in full — under the Notaries Public Reform Act, including the journal mandate S.B. 139 made effective May 6, 2026. This program in the PassProfessor catalog prepares candidates for the Utah Notary Public sitting itself.
Status: in the works — enrollment is not yet open.