A notary who is a corporate employee may take acknowledgments for instruments to or by that corporation.
A notary who is a corporate officer may administer oaths to other corporate agents.
A notary may take the acknowledgment if the notary is personally a party executing the instrument for the corporation.
A notary may protest negotiable instruments held by the corporation unless the notary is personally a party or financially interested.
Correct Answer
C. A notary may take the acknowledgment if the notary is personally a party executing the instrument for the corporation.
AI Explanation
Corporate employment does not erase personal-party disqualification. Executive Law §138 allows a notary who is a stockholder, director, officer, or employee of a corporation to act in many corporate matters, but not when that officer is personally a party executing the instrument. Unlike a routine corporate acknowledgment, a personally executed instrument remains disqualified.
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