California Secretary of State approved online training

3-hour Course

Choose this course if you want to renew your commission. • Fully State-Approved • Comprehensive Curriculum • Study Anywhere, Anytime • Immediate Certification • 60 Days Course Access​

What You Will Learn

This course covers the California notary education topics required before you sit for the state exam and file your commission paperwork.

1. Eligibility for Appointment
2. Commission
3. Managing a Commission
4. Managing a Commission - Continued
5. The Notarial Journal
6. Seal
7. Examine Document
8. Verify Identity of the Signer
9. Recording Journal Entry
10. Acknowledgments
11. Acknowledgments - Continued
12. Jurats
13. Jurats - Continued
14. Proof of Execution by a Subscribing Witness
15. Proof of Execution by a Subscribing Witness - Continued
16. Signature by Mark
17. Certifying Copies
18. Immigration Documents
19. Protests
20. Depositions
21. Confidential Marriages
22. Fees
23. Misconduct by Notaries Public or Others Relating to Notarial Acts
24. Conflict of Interest
25. Giving Legal Advice/Practicing Law
26. Reasons for Commission Revocation or Suspension, or Application Denial
27. Civil Penalties
28. Felonies or Possible Felonies
29. Misdemeanors or Possible Misdemeanors
30. Infractions by Notaries Public

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