Top 10 Mistakes of Utah Notaries

Patterned after the study guide provided by the Utah Lieutenant Governor's Office, this course expounds on each section and provides additional insight on the consequences of those mistakes. Whether the failure is on the part of the notary or the employer, liability doesn't disappear, and it is important to understand the details of each subsection to avoid legal problems. This course includes clauses from various parts of the statute and provides students with the tools they need to prepare for the test or simply clarify the purposes behind the statutory language.

Years ago, when I was the Office Administrator for the Lieutenant Governor's Office, I wrote nearly all of the questions for the test along with the Notary Study Guide, so I know what you need to study. Most of the material is still used today, and if you think it is complicated now, you should have seen the test when it was administered through a contractor in another state; roughly 35 percent of applicants were failing the test. Test administrators justified the super-wordy approach under the claim that the State needed to filter out less qualified applicants. I disagree. Becoming a notary should not be a complicated process, and if you watch my videos before you take the test, you will have the material I wanted to share with all notaries when I managed the program.  Refer back to these videos as much as you need, and good luck on the test!