True or False: Notaries must use a seal for all notarial acts.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Only for real estate documents
• D. Only for certain acts

Answer: (B)

The key idea is that a notary’s seal is not an absolute requirement for every single notarial act. The need for a seal depends on the method and the type of act. In practice, most paper-notarized documents are sealed to authenticate the notary and the commission, but with electronic notarizations (and in some specific situations permitted by law), the seal can be electronic or the act may be completed without a physical seal. So the statement that a seal must be used for all notarial acts is not universally true, which is why the correct answer is false.