A notary is allowed to notarize their own signature

• A. True
• B. Sometimes
• C. Never
• D. False

Answer: (D)

Notaries must stay neutral and cannot notarize their own signature. A notary’s job is to verify the identity of someone else who is signing and to confirm that they signed willingly in the notary’s presence. If the signer is the notary themselves, there’s a built-in conflict of interest and no independent way to verify the signer’s identity or voluntariness, so the notarization would not be valid. When a document would require the notary to certify their own signature, the proper action is to have another notary or a different signer involved so the act can be performed correctly.