A Wisconsin notary moves to another address inside the United States. How soon must written notice reach the department?Wis. Stat. 140.02(6m)
According to the Department of Financial Institutions, how recent must a four-year applicant's passing exam result be?Wisconsin DFI, Notary Public General Information
According to the Department of Financial Institutions, what score on its notary exam does a four-year applicant need?Wisconsin DFI, Notary Public General Information
After a suspended Wisconsin law license is reinstated, what notary appointment may the person receive?Wis. Stat. 140.02(2)(am)
Besides a signature and post-office address, what does a qualified Wisconsin applicant file with the department?Wis. Stat. 140.02(1)(e)
How far ahead must the department give notice that a Wisconsin notary commission is about to expire?Wis. Stat. 140.02(1)(g)
How long is the term of a Wisconsin notary commission issued to a person who is not an attorney?Wis. Stat. 140.02(1)(f)
How old must a person be before the department may appoint the person a Wisconsin notary?Wis. Stat. 140.02(1)(a)
Section 140.02 gives the power to appoint Wisconsin notaries to which body?Wis. Stat. 140.02(1)(a)
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Commission, bond and exam, continued
Section 140.02(1)(d) calls for an official bond with a surety. Who must execute that surety for a Wisconsin applicant?Wis. Stat. 140.02(1)(d)
What application fee does a Wisconsin applicant who is not an attorney pay?Wis. Stat. 140.02(1)(a)
What does section 140.02(1)(h) say about a second term for a Wisconsin notary?Wis. Stat. 140.02(1)(h)
What does the supreme court's notice that an attorney's law license was suspended do to a permanent Wisconsin notary commission?Wis. Stat. 140.02(2)(c)
What fee does an attorney pay for a permanent Wisconsin notary commission?Wis. Stat. 140.02(2)(a)
What happens to the application fee if the department rejects a Wisconsin notary application?Wis. Stat. 140.02(1)(c)
What is the amount of the official bond for a four-year Wisconsin notary commission?Wis. Stat. 140.02(1)(d)
What kind of commission is a Wisconsin-licensed attorney entitled to under section 140.02(2)?Wis. Stat. 140.02(2)(a)
What must an attorney's application for a Wisconsin notary commission include?Wis. Stat. 140.02(2)(a)
What residency does section 140.02(1)(a) require of a Wisconsin notary public?Wis. Stat. 140.02(1)(a)
What schooling must the department satisfy itself a Wisconsin notary applicant has?Wis. Stat. 140.02(1)(b)
Fees 5
Under section 140.02(9)(d), what may a Wisconsin notary charge for copying an affidavit the notary drew?Wis. Stat. 140.02(9)(d)
What is the cap on a Wisconsin notary's fee for drawing and copy of a protest?Wis. Stat. 140.02(9)(b)
What is the most a Wisconsin notary may charge per document for taking an acknowledgment of a deed under section 140.02(9)(e)?Wis. Stat. 140.02(9)(e)
When a Wisconsin notary promotes services in a language other than English, what must the notice list besides the required statement?Wis. Stat. 140.02(1)(i)4.b.
Who sets the maximum fee for a Wisconsin notarial act performed for a remotely located individual?Wis. Stat. 140.27(1)(a)1.
Powers, limits and the stamp 19
A municipal judge signs a notarial certificate in Wisconsin with name and title. What do the signature and title establish under section 140.10(3)?Wis. Stat. 140.10(3)
A record names the Wisconsin notary's domestic partner as a party. What does section 140.04(2) say?Wis. Stat. 140.04(2)
A Wisconsin notarial officer skips a duty set out in chapter 140. What does section 140.26 say about the act?Wis. Stat. 140.26
A Wisconsin notary discovers the stamping device was stolen. What does section 140.18(2) require?Wis. Stat. 140.18(2)
A Wisconsin notary's four-year term has just ended. What must be done with the stamping device?Wis. Stat. 140.18(1)(b)
How must every official act of a Wisconsin notary be attested?Wis. Stat. 140.02(4)(a)
May a Wisconsin notary let a coworker use the notary's stamping device to perform a notarial act?Wis. Stat. 140.18(1)(a)
On which ground may a Wisconsin notarial officer refuse a notarial act under section 140.08(1)?Wis. Stat. 140.08(1)
Over what territory does a Wisconsin notary's power to act extend under section 140.02(5)?Wis. Stat. 140.02(5)
To whom may a Wisconsin notary release a client's documents under the confidentiality rule of section 140.02(5m)?Wis. Stat. 140.02(5m)(b)
What can a person verify in the database the Wisconsin department keeps under section 140.24?Wis. Stat. 140.24(1)
What commission detail must a Wisconsin notary put on a certificate for an act done in the state?Wis. Stat. 140.02(4)(b)
What is the status of a Wisconsin notarial act performed in violation of the conflict rule in section 140.04(2)?Wis. Stat. 140.04(2)
What may the Wisconsin department certify about a notary under section 140.02(6)?Wis. Stat. 140.02(6)(a)
What must be true of a Wisconsin official stamp when the record it is on is copied?Wis. Stat. 140.17(1m)(b)
What weight does section 140.02(4)(c) give a properly attested Wisconsin notary certificate in court?Wis. Stat. 140.02(4)(c)
When a Wisconsin notary ceases to hold office, where do the notary's official records and papers go?Wis. Stat. 140.02(7)
Which optional item may a Wisconsin notary's official stamp include?Wis. Stat. 140.17(2m)
Which words must appear on a Wisconsin notary's official stamp along with the notary's name?Wis. Stat. 140.17(1m)(a)
Notarial acts and certificates 13
A notary of another state performs a notarial act there. What effect does Wisconsin section 140.11 give it?Wis. Stat. 140.11(1)
A Wisconsin notary public notarizes a paper record. What does section 140.15(2) require on the certificate?Wis. Stat. 140.15(2)
Another person signs for someone who cannot hold a pen. What does section 140.09 have the Wisconsin officer insert on the record?Wis. Stat. 140.09
How must a certificate relate to a paper record under Wisconsin section 140.15(6)?Wis. Stat. 140.15(6)
How must a Wisconsin notary public sign a certificate of notarial act?Wis. Stat. 140.15(1)(b)
In Wisconsin's chapter 140, what does an individual declare in an acknowledgment?Wis. Stat. 140.01(1)
In Wisconsin's chapter 140, what is a verification on oath or affirmation?Wis. Stat. 140.01(18)
Section 140.15(1)(a) ties the timing of a Wisconsin notarial certificate to what event?Wis. Stat. 140.15(1)(a)
Section 140.16(1) prints Wisconsin's form for one person acknowledging a record. How does its text begin?Wis. Stat. 140.16(1)
Section 140.16(3) prints Wisconsin's form for a sworn statement. Which words begin it?Wis. Stat. 140.16(3)
When may a Wisconsin notarial officer sign the certificate of notarial act?Wis. Stat. 140.15(5)
Which act is on the list of notarial acts in section 140.01(7) of the Wisconsin Statutes?Wis. Stat. 140.01(7)
Which item must a Wisconsin certificate of notarial act identify under section 140.15(1)(c)?Wis. Stat. 140.15(1)(c)
Appearance and identity 8
A signer in Wisconsin shows a driver license that has expired. How old may the expiration be for the license to count as satisfactory evidence?Wis. Stat. 140.07(2)(a)1.
A signer with no ID brings a friend the Wisconsin notary knows. How does section 140.07(2)(b) let the friend establish identity?Wis. Stat. 140.07(2)(b)
May a Wisconsin notarial officer ask a signer for more identification than the statute lists?Wis. Stat. 140.07(3)
Section 140.07(1) lets a Wisconsin officer rely on knowing the individual. What must that knowledge rest on?Wis. Stat. 140.07(1)
Under Wisconsin section 140.07(2)(a)2., what must another form of government identification contain?Wis. Stat. 140.07(2)(a)2.
What does Wisconsin section 140.06 require when a notarial act relates to a signature on a record?Wis. Stat. 140.06
What must a Wisconsin notarial officer determine when witnessing or attesting a signature?Wis. Stat. 140.05(3)
When taking an acknowledgment in Wisconsin, what must the officer determine besides the individual's identity?Wis. Stat. 140.05(1)
Remote and electronic acts 15
A lender tells a Wisconsin notary which tamper-evident technology to use on an electronic record, and it is not one the notary chose. What does section 140.20(1) say?Wis. Stat. 140.20(1)
A Wisconsin notary plans a first act for a signer appearing by communication technology. What does section 140.145(7) require beforehand?Wis. Stat. 140.145(7)
Besides keeping it personally, how may a Wisconsin notary meet the duty in section 140.145(6) to retain the audio-visual recording?Wis. Stat. 140.145(6)
For a Wisconsin notarial act for a remotely located individual, whose location decides where the act is performed?Wis. Stat. 140.145(1m)
For remote signing of an estate planning document under Wisconsin section 140.147, who must supervise the signing?Wis. Stat. 140.147(3)(a)
How many different types of identity proofing does Wisconsin section 140.145(3)(a)3. call for?Wis. Stat. 140.145(3)(a)3.
In Wisconsin's chapter 140, what does "tamper-evident" mean?Wis. Stat. 140.01(17)
Under Wisconsin section 140.147, where must the remotely located individual and the notary public be during the signing?Wis. Stat. 140.147(3)(b)
What must "communication technology" allow under Wisconsin section 140.145?Wis. Stat. 140.145(1)(a)1.
What must a certificate show when a Wisconsin notarial act is performed under section 140.145?Wis. Stat. 140.145(4)
What record must be made of a Wisconsin notarial act performed with communication technology?Wis. Stat. 140.145(3)(c)
Which act is carved out of remote notarization at the start of Wisconsin section 140.145(3)?Wis. Stat. 140.145(3)
Which body adopts the standards that implement Wisconsin's remote notarization section?Wis. Stat. 140.145(11)(a)
Which kind of document does Wisconsin section 140.145(10)(a) leave outside that section?Wis. Stat. 140.145(10)(a)
Who completes the affidavit of compliance for an estate planning document signed under Wisconsin section 140.147?Wis. Stat. 140.147(3)(k)
Prohibited acts and penalties 13
A Wisconsin notary is guilty of misconduct in office. What does section 140.02(8) make the notary liable for?Wis. Stat. 140.02(8)
A Wisconsin notary's Spanish-language sign uses the phrase "notario publico". What statement must it carry in English and Spanish?Wis. Stat. 140.02(1)(i)4.a.
For a second violation of section 140.02(1)(i), how long may a Wisconsin notary be imprisoned?Wis. Stat. 140.02(1)(k)
How long may a former Wisconsin notary neglect to deposit official records before the forfeiture in section 140.02(7) applies?Wis. Stat. 140.02(7)
What is the forfeiture for knowingly destroying or concealing a Wisconsin notary's records under section 140.02(7)?Wis. Stat. 140.02(7)
What is the highest fine for a first violation of the Wisconsin notary rules in section 140.02(1)(i)?Wis. Stat. 140.02(1)(k)
What is the longest imprisonment for a first violation of section 140.02(1)(i) of the Wisconsin Statutes?Wis. Stat. 140.02(1)(k)
What is the most a Wisconsin notary may forfeit for each violation of the confidentiality rule in section 140.02(5m)?Wis. Stat. 140.02(5m)(d)
What may the Wisconsin department do to the commission of a notary who violates chapter 140?Wis. Stat. 140.27(2)(b)
What paid work is barred to a non-attorney Wisconsin notary by section 140.02(1)(i)2.?Wis. Stat. 140.02(1)(i)2.
Which statement may a Wisconsin notary who is not an attorney never make?Wis. Stat. 140.02(1)(i)1.
Which tool may the Wisconsin department use when it investigates a suspected violation of chapter 140?Wis. Stat. 140.27(2)(a)
Which Wisconsin notary is exempt from the bans on paid representation in section 140.02(1)(i)2. and 3.?Wis. Stat. 140.02(1)(j)
This unofficial Wisconsin notary exam practice test holds 93 questions: 91 from Wisconsin Statutes chapter 140, the state's notary law, and two from the Department of Financial Institutions' notary page. Each answer names its source. Checked October 3, 2026.
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The state asks for 90 percent
The Department of Financial Institutions has four-year applicants pass its notary exam, at 90% or higher, in the year before applying, and print the certificate. Its FAQ sends renewing notaries through the tutorial exam again. Exam mode here passes at 90 percent.
What section 140.02 adds to the uniform act
Most of chapter 140 is the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts. Section 140.02 is Wisconsin's own: a permanent commission for attorneys, a fee cap per document, and a ban on paid immigration help by non-attorneys. The Start from menu drills each part.
A $20 application fee, a $500 bond from a surety company and a four-year term, all in section 140.02(1).
No more than $5 per document for an acknowledgment, under section 140.02(9)(e).
The stamp carries your name, "Notary Public" and "State of Wisconsin" (140.17); the expiration date is optional.
Questions and answers
What score do you need on the Wisconsin notary exam?
90 percent or better, within one year of applying, says the Department of Financial Institutions' general information page, read October 3, 2026. It publishes no question count, so exam mode draws a 25-question sample. A pass on it measures this bank, not the state's exam.
Are these the real Wisconsin notary exam questions?
No. Nobody here has seen the Department of Financial Institutions' tutorial exam, and the site is not affiliated with it. All but two questions were written from chapter 140; two come from the department's page. No commissioned Wisconsin notary has reviewed the answers yet.
How long does a Wisconsin notary commission last?
Four years for an applicant who is not an attorney, under section 140.02(1)(f). An attorney licensed in Wisconsin is entitled to a permanent commission under section 140.02(2)(a), for a $50 fee.
Does a Wisconsin notary have to keep a journal?
Chapter 140 contains no journal requirement. For an act done for a remotely located individual, section 140.145 requires an audio-visual recording, kept at least 7 years unless a rule sets another period, and notice to the department before the first such act.