How to Become a Notary in Wyoming — Requirements & Fees

Q: How long does a Wyoming notary commission last, and what does it cost?

Six years -- one of the longest terms in the country. W.S. 32-3-120(e): 'The secretary of state shall issue a commission for a six (6) year term as a notary public.' The filing fee is $60 for a new commission or a renewal (W.S. 32-3-120(d)(ii)), paid by check or money order with a mailed paper application: the Secretary of State's January 2026 instructions say 'Unfortunately, credit cards are not accepted' and 'A hard copy of this Application/Renewal form must be delivered or mailed.' A name change later costs $10 (W.S. 32-3-127(b)(ii)).

Q: Does Wyoming require a notary bond?

No -- and it will not accept one. The Secretary of State's application instructions state: 'You have the option to obtain a bond or E&O insurance for yourself if you choose. These will NOT be filed with the County or the State.' The statute is permissive only: W.S. 32-3-123(g), 'Nothing in this act shall be construed to deny a notarial officer the right to obtain an assurance in the form of a surety bond or errors and omissions insurance on a voluntary basis to provide coverage for liability.' The word 'bond' appears exactly once in the entire Wyoming Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts, in that sentence. Errors and omissions insurance is likewise optional.

Q: What can a Wyoming notary charge?

Up to $10.00 per notarial act (W.S. 32-3-126(b)(i)) -- not $5.00 -- and up to $10.00 per acknowledgment, signature, oath, certification or note of protest where more than one person appears on a single record. Two extra charges are allowed if agreed in advance and disclosed as not being notarial fees: a technology fee for remote or electronic notarization, and a travel fee that 'must be equal to or less than the standard mileage rates allowed by the United States Internal Revenue Service.' Fees may be required up front and, in defined circumstances, are nonrefundable. An employer may prohibit an employee-notary from charging for acts performed as part of the job.

How to become a notary public in Wyoming: a required course, an exam, remote online notarization — verified from Wyoming Secretary of State (Compliance Division -- Notaries).

Source-verified

Requirements below are drawn from Wyoming Secretary of State (Compliance Division -- Notaries) (official site) and last verified August 12, 2026. Boards change fees and rules often — confirm before acting.

Requirements at a glance

The Secretary of State's own instruction sheet (WYNotaryApp.pdf, Revised January 2026) states the whole process, and it is a single mailed paper filing: (1) 'You must complete all four parts of this form for a renewal and an initial application. A Notary Public Commission is valid for a six-year term.' (2) EDUCATION THEN EXAM -- 'You must review the Notary Education Presentation found at https://sos.wyo.gov/Services/Notaries.aspx and complete the attached examination required by W.S. s. 32-3-121(a). If you have already completed the education and examination by an approved vendor, please include your certificate of completion with this application and skip Part III.' (3) OATH BEFORE ANOTHER NOTARY -- 'Part IV of this form must be notarized prior to submission. The Secretary of State's Office cannot notarize this for you.' Part IV is captioned 'OATH OF OFFICE & OFFICIAL SIGNATURE SAMPLE - Swear/affirm and sign in the presence of a commissioned notary (not yourself)'. (4) PAPER ONLY -- 'A hard copy of this Application/Renewal form must be delivered or mailed to the mailing address listed above.' (5) 'Include a filing fee of $60. Make your check or money order payable to the Wyoming Secretary of State. Unfortunately, credit cards are not accepted.' The statutory version is W.S. 32-3-120(d): an applicant shall 'Complete an application and oath of office in the form prescribed by the secretary of state'; 'Pay a filing fee of sixty dollars ($60.00)'; 'Provide certification that the applicant has passed the examination and completed the education requirements in rule and in W.S. 32-3-121'; and submit all of it to the secretary of state. WHAT COMES AFTER: 'Once your Application/Renewal is processed, you will receive an email from our office with your Appointment Letter and Certificate of Commission' and 'You must obtain a new stamp. Your Appointment Letter will include instructions on the statutorily required design.' The stamp is bought AFTER commissioning in Wyoming (the reverse of Wisconsin), because the commission ID number that must appear on it is assigned by the state. Nothing is filed with a county at any stage.

Legal basis

Wyoming Secretary of State (Compliance Division – Notaries) commissions notaries public in Wyoming. Every figure below is verified against the commissioning authority’s own official pages and dated.

What it’s called

The statutory noun is ’notary public’ and the credential is a COMMISSION – W.S. 32-3-120 is captioned ‘Notary public commissions and renewals’ and subsection (e) has the Secretary of State ‘issue a commission for a six (6) year term’; the Secretary of State’s form is the ‘NOTARY PUBLIC COMMISSION APPLICATION/RENEWAL’ and the documents received are an ‘Appointment Letter and Certificate of Commission’. ‘Notary licence’ and ’notary certification’ are folk terms and appear nowhere in Wyoming’s statute, rules or forms. ‘Notarial officer’ is a broader statutory term that covers notaries public AND judges, court clerks and deputy clerks, district court commissioners and magistrates (W.S. 32-3-105(a)); Wyoming’s fee, journal and prohibited-acts provisions are written in terms of ’notarial officer’, so quoting them as rules about notaries alone slightly understates their reach. ‘RON’ (remote online notarization) and ‘RIN’ (remote ink notarization) are both Wyoming statutory concepts with DIFFERENT scopes – RIN is limited to acknowledgments – and treating them as one thing is the commonest error about this state. ‘Mobile notary’ is not a separate Wyoming credential; it is a self-description with an opt-in contact-listing checkbox on the application. ‘Notary signing agent’ and ’loan signing agent’ are private vendor credentials that Wyoming does not issue and does not mention. ‘Notario’ and ’notario publico’ are not alternative names for this credential in Wyoming and are separately prohibited by statute.

Types of notary commission

Notary public commission — Any individual meeting the W.S. 32-3-120(a) qualifications. Wyoming has ONE commission type – there is no separate attorney, government-employee or electronic commission. W.S. 32-3-120(e): ‘The secretary of state shall issue a commission for a six (6) year term as a notary public to an applicant for a new or a renewed commission who has complied with this section.’ Six years is one of the longest terms in the country. W.S. 32-3-120(f): ‘An individual shall not have more than one (1) Wyoming notary public commission in effect at the same time.’ The single application form (WYNotaryApp.pdf, Revised January 2026) serves both new and renewal filings – ‘You must complete all four parts of this form for a renewal and an initial application.’
Electronic / remote notarization authority (RON and RIN) — A commissioned Wyoming notary who wants to notarize electronic records, notarize for a remotely located principal by audio-video (RON), or perform a remote ink notarization (RIN). Not a separate commission and NOT a separate fee – it is a notification, declared on the same application form. W.S. 32-3-120(g): ‘Before a notary public performs the notary public’s initial notarial act with respect to an electronic record, or a remotely located person, a notary public shall notify the secretary of state that the notary public will perform notarial acts with respect to electronic records or a remotely located person and identify the electronic notarization systems or other forms of communication technology the notary public intends to use.’ Part II of the application carries the checkbox: ‘I intend to perform remote notarizations. Wyoming law requires that you identify the remote platform(s) or other form(s) of communication technology you intend to use, please list: ____’. Wyoming does NOT maintain an approved-vendor list for notarization platforms – the notary names the platform and W.S. 32-3-111(k)(ii)(D) puts the quality judgment on the notary, who must be ‘satisfied that the quality of the electronic notarization system or other form of communication technology is sufficient to make the determinations required for the notarial act’.
Optional public-listing flags (remote and mobile) — Notaries who want the Secretary of State to release their contact information to people seeking notarizations. Two separate opt-in checkboxes in Part II of the application: ‘I want my contact information made available to people seeking remote notarizations’ and ‘I am a mobile notary public and want my contact information made available for all notarizations.’ These are consent flags, not credentials, and the application notes ‘This application is a public record and is subject to disclosure under the Wyoming Public Records Act.’

Who can be commissioned

W.S. 32-3-120(a): to hold a commission an individual shall ‘(i) Be at least eighteen (18) years of age; (ii) Be a citizen or permanent legal resident of the United States, or otherwise lawfully present in the United States; (iii) Be a resident of Wyoming or have a place of employment or practice in this state or be the spouse or legal dependent of military personnel assigned to active duty in this state; (iv) Not be disqualified to receive a commission under W.S. 32-3-122; and (v) Have passed the examination required under W.S. 32-3-121(a).’ Two features are unusual and worth stating precisely. First, the immigration-status test is the broadest of any state in this batch – ‘or otherwise lawfully present in the United States’ reaches beyond citizens and permanent residents. Second, the nexus test has a military limb: the spouse or legal dependent of active-duty military personnel assigned in Wyoming qualifies without being a resident or working in the state. W.S. 32-3-120(b) adds that to be eligible for a new OR renewed commission an applicant ‘shall pass an examination and shall meet the education requirements as provided in rule and in W.S. 32-3-121 and shall not have been disqualified as provided in W.S. 32-3-122.’ CRIMINAL HISTORY: Part II of the application requires the applicant to check ‘I have not been convicted of a felony as prohibited by W.S. s. 6-10-106’ – a self-attestation rather than a background check, and the application is submitted under the Part IV oath. Discipline grounds sit in W.S. 32-3-122; failure to meet the examination and education requirements or to pay the filing fee is itself a ground for suspension or conditions under W.S. 32-3-122(a). No English-language requirement and no education-level requirement (such as a diploma) appears in W.S. 32-3-120, in the Secretary of State’s Notary Rules Chapter 6, or on the application.

Requirements

The Secretary of State’s own instruction sheet (WYNotaryApp.pdf, Revised January 2026) states the whole process, and it is a single mailed paper filing: (1) ‘You must complete all four parts of this form for a renewal and an initial application. A Notary Public Commission is valid for a six-year term.’ (2) EDUCATION THEN EXAM – ‘You must review the Notary Education Presentation found at https://sos.wyo.gov/Services/Notaries.aspx and complete the attached examination required by W.S. s. 32-3-121(a). If you have already completed the education and examination by an approved vendor, please include your certificate of completion with this application and skip Part III.’ (3) OATH BEFORE ANOTHER NOTARY – ‘Part IV of this form must be notarized prior to submission. The Secretary of State’s Office cannot notarize this for you.’ Part IV is captioned ‘OATH OF OFFICE & OFFICIAL SIGNATURE SAMPLE - Swear/affirm and sign in the presence of a commissioned notary (not yourself)’. (4) PAPER ONLY – ‘A hard copy of this Application/Renewal form must be delivered or mailed to the mailing address listed above.’ (5) ‘Include a filing fee of $60. Make your check or money order payable to the Wyoming Secretary of State. Unfortunately, credit cards are not accepted.’ The statutory version is W.S. 32-3-120(d): an applicant shall ‘Complete an application and oath of office in the form prescribed by the secretary of state’; ‘Pay a filing fee of sixty dollars ($60.00)’; ‘Provide certification that the applicant has passed the examination and completed the education requirements in rule and in W.S. 32-3-121’; and submit all of it to the secretary of state. WHAT COMES AFTER: ‘Once your Application/Renewal is processed, you will receive an email from our office with your Appointment Letter and Certificate of Commission’ and ‘You must obtain a new stamp. Your Appointment Letter will include instructions on the statutorily required design.’ The stamp is bought AFTER commissioning in Wyoming (the reverse of Wisconsin), because the commission ID number that must appear on it is assigned by the state. Nothing is filed with a county at any stage.

Training

Wyoming requires a training course.

Wyoming requires notary education for EVERY term – initial and every renewal – and the default course is the state’s own. Secretary of State Notary Rules, Chapter 6 (Notarial Acts), Section 5, ‘Education Requirements’: ‘A notary public shall review the Notary Education Presentation that is located on the Wyoming Secretary of State’s website at https://sos.wyo.gov/Services/Notaries.aspx for every term. They shall certify that the presentation has been completed on their application.’ The statutory hook is W.S. 32-3-121(c): ‘For a new notary public commission filed on or after July 1, 2021, or upon any renewal filed on or after July 1, 2021, in addition to passing the examination required in subsection (a) of this section the applicant shall complete notary public education as required by the secretary of state.’ W.S. 32-3-121(b) defines the content: ‘The secretary of state or an entity approved by the secretary of state shall regularly offer a course of study to applicants for a new or renewed commission. The course shall cover the laws, rules, procedures and ethics relevant to notarial acts.’ NO HOUR COUNT IS PRESCRIBED – neither W.S. 32-3-121 nor Rules Chapter 6 Section 5 states a number of hours, and the requirement is expressed as reviewing the state’s presentation and certifying it on the application. THERE IS AN APPROVED-VENDOR ALTERNATIVE: the Secretary of State’s notary page states ‘Pursuant to W.S. 32-3-121, the following entities are approved to administer notary public education and examinations in Wyoming: National Notary Association; Notary Public Association’, and the application instructions say ‘If you have already completed the education and examination by an approved vendor, please include your certificate of completion with this application and skip Part III.’ That two-name list is reported here as a fact the STATE publishes; neither entity was used as a source for this record and neither appears in source_urls. No state fee is published for the education presentation; W.S. 32-3-121(d) permits but does not require charging – ‘The secretary of state may collect reasonable fees commensurate with the cost incurred by the secretary of state’s office for providing notary public education and examination’ – and no such fee appears on the application or the notary page. Tiers searched on 2026-08-12: statute (the full 49-page RULONA text as published by the Secretary of State), Secretary of State Notary Rules Chapter 6 in full, the notary page, and the January 2026 application form.

Exam

Wyoming requires an exam.

Required for every new commission AND every renewal, and in the ordinary case it is printed on the application form itself. W.S. 32-3-121(a): ‘An applicant for a new or renewed commission as a notary public in this state must pass an examination administered by the secretary of state or an entity approved by the secretary of state. The examination must be based on the course of study described in subsection (b) of this section.’ FORMAT AND PASSING SCORE, read off the live form: Part III of WYNotaryApp.pdf is captioned ‘PART III: WYOMING NOTARY PUBLIC EXAMINATION - Circle the correct answer. At least fourteen (14) correct answers are required for a passing grade. These questions reflect the changes in Wyoming notary law in effect as of July 1, 2021.’ It is 20 true/false questions, so the pass mark is 14 of 20 (70 percent), self-administered on paper and submitted with the application. There is no separate exam fee published and no proctoring requirement stated. ALTERNATIVE ROUTE: an applicant who has taken education and examination from a state-approved vendor attaches the certificate of completion and skips Part III entirely (‘If you have already completed the education and examination by an approved vendor, please include your certificate of completion with this application and skip Part III’). The 20 questions are themselves a compact statement of the traps in Wyoming law – among them ‘A Wyoming notary public commission term is valid for six years’, ‘A bond is required for all new and renewing notary public commissions’, ‘The maximum fee a notary public may charge is $5.00 per notarial act’, ‘Remote ink notarizations (RIN) may be performed for any notarial act’, ‘The county of residence shall not be included on a notary public stamp’ and ‘Notarizations can never be performed in bordering states’. CAUTION FOR ANY VERIFIER: these are EXAM ITEMS, not statements of law, and several are deliberately false – Wyoming’s cap is $10 not $5 (W.S. 32-3-126(b)(i)), no bond is required (W.S. 32-3-123(g)), RIN is limited to acknowledgments (W.S. 32-3-111(m)), and bordering-state acts ARE allowed on conditions (W.S. 32-3-104(b)). Every substantive figure in this record is sourced to the statute or the rules, never to an exam item. Tiers searched: statute W.S. 32-3-121 and 32-3-120, Notary Rules Chapter 6, the notary page, and the January 2026 application.

Bond & insurance

No bond, and no errors-and-omissions insurance. Wyoming states the negative affirmatively in statute: W.S. 32-3-123(g), ‘Nothing in this act shall be construed to deny a notarial officer the right to obtain an assurance in the form of a surety bond or errors and omissions insurance on a voluntary basis to provide coverage for liability.’ The word ‘bond’ appears exactly ONCE in the entire 49-page Wyoming Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts as published by the Secretary of State, and that single occurrence is the permissive sentence quoted above – a reproducible count, not an impression. The Secretary of State’s own application instructions say the same thing under ‘Next Steps’: ‘You have the option to obtain a bond or E&O insurance for yourself if you choose. These will NOT be filed with the County or the State.’ So Wyoming (a) requires neither, (b) permits both, and (c) will not accept a filing of either. Nothing about the bond or E&O appears in the W.S. 32-3-120 list of what an applicant must do. This is the exact shape where vendor-sourced pages go wrong: a page asserting that Wyoming requires a bond, or requires both a bond and E&O, is repeating a bond seller’s marketing. Tiers searched on 2026-08-12: the full RULONA statutory text (W.S. 32-3-101 through 32-3-131) as published by the Secretary of State, Secretary of State Notary Rules Chapter 6 in full, the Secretary of State notary page, and the January 2026 application and instruction sheet.

Fees

STATE FEES. Commission filing fee, new or renewal: $60. W.S. 32-3-120(d)(ii) requires the applicant to ‘Pay a filing fee of sixty dollars ($60.00)’, and the January 2026 application instructions say ‘Include a filing fee of $60. Make your check or money order payable to the Wyoming Secretary of State. Unfortunately, credit cards are not accepted.’ Statute and live form agree exactly – there is no code-versus-form divergence in Wyoming, and note the payment restriction: check or money order only, on a paper filing that must be ‘delivered or mailed’. Name or contact-information change: $10 for a name change. W.S. 32-3-127(a) requires notice to the Secretary of State ‘within thirty (30) days of any change in the information on file’, and W.S. 32-3-127(b) adds that in the case of a name change the notary shall also include ‘(i) A sample of the officer’s handwritten official signature on the notice; and (ii) A ten dollar ($10.00) filing fee.’ No fee is stated for a non-name change of contact information. RON/RIN/electronic notarization: NO separate fee. The W.S. 32-3-120(g) notification is made by checking a box and listing the platforms on the same $60 application; no additional charge appears in the statute, the rules, the notary page or the form. Education and examination: no fee published. W.S. 32-3-121(d) permits the Secretary of State to ‘collect reasonable fees commensurate with the cost incurred by the secretary of state’s office for providing notary public education and examination’, but no such fee is listed on the application, in the rules or on the notary page – the state’s education presentation and the Part III examination are supplied with the free application packet. An applicant who instead uses a state-approved outside vendor pays that vendor’s price, which is not state-set. NON-STATE COSTS. The stamp is bought privately and after commissioning; its price is not state-set, and a NEW stamp is required at every renewal (W.S. 32-3-116(a)(ii)(G)), so it is a recurring six-year cost. A bond or E&O policy is optional and is not filed with the state or a county. There is no county recording, qualification or filing fee anywhere in the Wyoming process.

How long the commission lasts, and renewing it

W.S. 32-3-120(e): ‘The secretary of state shall issue a commission for a six (6) year term as a notary public to an applicant for a new or a renewed commission who has complied with this section.’ The Secretary of State’s application instructions repeat it – ‘A Notary Public Commission is valid for a six-year term’ – and it is question 1 of the state examination. The term runs from issuance by the Secretary of State: there is no county qualification, county filing or separate oath-filing step that could start a different clock, and the applicant’s oath of office (Part IV) is sworn BEFORE submission rather than after appointment. Authority to act follows the commission documents, which the Secretary of State sends by email: ‘Once your Application/Renewal is processed, you will receive an email from our office with your Appointment Letter and Certificate of Commission.’ Commissions in effect when the 2021 act took effect were preserved: W.S. 32-3-128, ‘A commission as a notary public in effect on the effective date of this act continues until its date of expiration.’ An individual may hold only one Wyoming commission at a time (W.S. 32-3-120(f)). Every six years, by filing the same form again in full, with the education and examination redone each time. The application instruction is explicit that renewal is not a lighter process: ‘You must complete all four parts of this form for a renewal and an initial application’, and the form’s Part II offers ‘I am applying for a renewal of my current commission which expires on ____’. W.S. 32-3-120(b): ‘To be eligible for a new or renewed commission, an applicant shall pass an examination and shall meet the education requirements as provided in rule and in W.S. 32-3-121 and shall not have been disqualified as provided in W.S. 32-3-122.’ Notary Rules Chapter 6 Section 5 requires review of the state’s Notary Education Presentation ‘for every term’. W.S. 32-3-121(c) applies the education duty ‘upon any renewal filed on or after July 1, 2021’. The full $60 fee is due again, and a NEW STAMP is required each term – W.S. 32-3-116(a)(ii)(G) says the official stamp shall ‘Be replaced with a new stamp upon each renewed commission term’, and the Secretary of State’s stamp sheet opens ‘A NEW stamp/seal is required (whether physical or electronic) every time a notary public renews.’ NOT SOURCED, and named rather than guessed: whether the Secretary of State sends an expiration reminder, and whether an early-renewal window or a grace period exists. No such provision appears in W.S. 32-3-120, 32-3-127 or 32-3-128, in Notary Rules Chapter 6, on the notary page, or in the January 2026 application instructions – the tiers searched on 2026-08-12. Mid-term changes are handled separately: any change to information on file must be reported within 30 days (W.S. 32-3-127(a)), and a name change additionally requires a signature sample and a $10 fee, filed on the Secretary of State’s Notary Name Change Form. Wyoming has no hours-based continuing education, but it is not a state where renewal is a formality: education and examination are BOTH required again at every six-year renewal. Notary Rules Chapter 6 Section 5: ‘A notary public shall review the Notary Education Presentation … for every term. They shall certify that the presentation has been completed on their application.’ W.S. 32-3-121(c) applies the education duty to any renewal filed on or after July 1, 2021, and W.S. 32-3-120(b) makes passing an examination a condition of a renewed commission as much as a new one. No number of continuing-education hours, no annual or biennial CE obligation, and no approved-CE-provider scheme appears anywhere: not in W.S. 32-3-120, 32-3-121 or 32-3-127, not in Notary Rules Chapter 6 (which has six sections and covers identification credentials, the journal, remote notarizations, education and travel fees), not on the Secretary of State’s notary page, and not in the January 2026 application or its instruction sheet – the tiers searched on 2026-08-12. The only recurring obligations between renewals are administrative: report any change in the information on file within 30 days (W.S. 32-3-127(a)), report a lost or stolen journal or stamping device promptly (W.S. 32-3-118(j), 32-3-117(b)), and keep the journal current for every act.

Your seal or stamp

Wyoming prescribes the stamp design more tightly than almost any state, and forbids anything extra. W.S. 32-3-116(a)(ii): the official stamp, ‘whether the impression is on a tangible or electronic record’, shall ‘(A) Be rectangular in shape and approximately one (1) inch in width by two and one-half (2 1/2) inches in length; (B) Be in blue or black ink; (C) Have a border outline; (D) Contain a block of text within the border outline that includes: (I) The notary public’s name, as it appears on the notary’s certificate of commission; (II) The words “Notary Public”; (III) The words “State of Wyoming”; (IV) The notary public’s identification number; (V) The words “My commission expires” followed by the expiration date of the notary public’s commission; and (VI) Any other information required by the secretary of state.’ Subparagraph (J) is the prohibition: the stamp shall ‘Not include images of the great seal of the state of Wyoming or any other image or content other than as prescribed in this section.’ The Secretary of State’s stamp sheet adds the county point in terms: ‘Your county of residence CANNOT be included on the stamp/seal.’ NO HAND CORRECTIONS: subparagraph (H) requires the stamp to ‘Contain the above required content and this information shall not be included, corrected or amended on the stamp through written, typed or any other means’ – writing a missing element beside the impression is not compliant. An electronic stamp must be ‘in the same format, color, content and approximate size as the tangible official stamp’ (subparagraph (F)). A NEW STAMP EVERY TERM: subparagraph (G), ‘Be replaced with a new stamp upon each renewed commission term.’ ORDER: the stamp is obtained AFTER the commission issues, because the commission ID number and expiration date come from the state – ‘You must obtain a new stamp. Your Appointment Letter will include instructions on the statutorily required design’, and the stamp sheet says ‘All of the above required information will be found on the new Notary Certificate.’ SIGNATURE: W.S. 32-3-116(a)(i) requires the official signature to be filed with the Secretary of State on a prescribed form, to be ‘reasonably similar to the official signature on file’, to be in blue or black ink on tangible records, and to be ‘affixed to all tangible and electronic records for which the notary public conducts a notarial act’. A stamp alone is never enough – W.S. 32-3-123(a)(v) forbids affixing the official signature or stamp ’to any record that does not contain the officer’s completed notarial certificate’. STAMPING DEVICE SECURITY, W.S. 32-3-117(a): the notary ‘is the sole owner of the notary public’s stamping device, is responsible for the security of the notary public’s stamping device and may not allow another individual to use the device to perform a notarial act. On resignation from, or the revocation or expiration of, the notary public’s commission, or on the expiration of the date set forth in the stamping device, the notary public shall disable the stamping device by destroying, defacing, damaging, erasing or securing it against use in a manner that renders it unusable’, and on death or adjudication of incompetency the personal representative, guardian or any other person knowingly in possession must do the same. Loss or theft must be reported promptly to the Secretary of State (W.S. 32-3-117(b)). Name change: file the Notary Name Change Form with a handwritten signature sample and $10 within 30 days (W.S. 32-3-127).

Keeping a journal

Wyoming requires a notary journal.

Wyoming requires a journal for EVERY notarial act – one of the minority of states that does. W.S. 32-3-118(d): ‘A notary public shall maintain one (1) or more journals in which the notary public chronicles all notarial acts that the notary public performs.’ Format is the notary’s choice: W.S. 32-3-118(e), ‘A journal may be created on a tangible medium or in an electronic format to chronicle all notarial acts, whether those notarial acts are performed regarding tangible or electronic records.’ SECURITY AND CONTROL, W.S. 32-3-118(f): ‘A notary public is responsible for the security of the notary public’s journal. A notary public shall keep the journal and all other notarial records in a secure area under the sole control of the officer and surrender or destroy them only as authorized by statute, rule, court order or at the direction of the secretary of state.’ THE EMPLOYER RULE, W.S. 32-3-118(g): ‘A notary public shall not allow the notary public’s journal to be used by any other notarial officer and shall not surrender the journal to an employer upon termination of employment without the approval of the secretary of state. An employer may retain a copy of the journal of an employee who is a notary public after the officer’s employment ceases if the journal contains records of notarial acts performed within the scope of the officer’s employment.’ ACCESS, W.S. 32-3-118(h): a journal may be examined and copied by a law enforcement officer in an official investigation, under subpoena or court order, or at the direction of the secretary of state. LOSS: W.S. 32-3-118(j) requires prompt notice to the Secretary of State, and Notary Rules Chapter 6 Section 3(a) specifies the channel – ‘by sending an email to [email protected] ’, or a letter to the Compliance Division if the notary has no email access. DEATH OR INCOMPETENCY, W.S. 32-3-118(k): the personal representative, guardian ‘or any other person knowingly in possession of the notary public’s journal or audiovisual recordings MAY transmit all journals and recordings to the secretary of state’ – note ‘may’, a permission rather than the mandatory deposit some states impose. TWO SOURCED NEGATIVES THAT MATTER. First, WYOMING PRESCRIBES NO JOURNAL CONTENTS: no list of required entries appears in W.S. 32-3-118, in Notary Rules Chapter 6 Section 3, or in the statute’s definitions; the rule instead contemplates private supplementation – Chapter 6 Section 3(b), ‘Nothing in these statutes or rules shall prevent a person … from implementing additional retention and journal content requirements.’ The Secretary of State publishes a ‘Journal Examples’ document as guidance rather than a prescribed form. Second, WYOMING PRESCRIBES NO RETENTION PERIOD for either the journal or the audio-visual recording. Second is the striking one, because the recording itself is mandatory: W.S. 32-3-118(a), ‘If a notarial act is performed using an electronic notarization system or other form of communication technology, the notarial officer shall make an audiovisual recording of the entire communication’, and W.S. 32-3-118(b), the officer ‘shall keep sole possession of an audiovisual recording’ except where a law enforcement officer examines it in an official investigation, it is subpoenaed by court order, or it is ‘surrendered at the direction of the secretary of state’ (W.S. 32-3-118(c)). No number of years appears anywhere; Notary Rules Chapter 6 Section 4(c) again leaves it to private parties – ‘Nothing in these statutes or rules shall prevent a person … from implementing additional retention requirements for the audio/visual recording of the notarial act.’ Tiers searched for both negatives on 2026-08-12: the full RULONA text, Notary Rules Chapter 6 in full, the notary page, the January 2026 application, and the Secretary of State’s stamp requirements sheet.

Online (remote) notarization

Wyoming authorizes remote online notarization, and it requires a registration separate from your commission.

Wyoming authorizes BOTH remote online notarization (RON) and remote ink notarization (RIN) under the Wyoming Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts, 2021 Senate File 0029 / Enrolled Act No. 10, effective July 1, 2021 – and the two have DIFFERENT SCOPES, which is the single easiest fact to get wrong about this state. RON REACHES EVERY NOTARIAL ACT. W.S. 32-3-111(k): ‘A remote online notarization may be performed by a notarial officer for any notarial act if: (i) The principal or credible witness personally appears before the notarial officer in accordance with this act; and (ii) The notarial officer: (A) Identifies the principal through satisfactory evidence; (B) Executes the notarial act in a single recorded session that complies with this act; (C) Is satisfied that any record that is signed, acknowledged or otherwise presented for notarization by the principal is the same record remotely notarized by the notarial officer; and (D) Is satisfied that the quality of the electronic notarization system or other form of communication technology is sufficient to make the determinations required for the notarial act.’ RIN REACHES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ONLY. W.S. 32-3-111(m): ‘A remote ink notarization may be performed by a notarial officer for the notarial act of an acknowledgment with the following requirements: (i) The principal shall sign and date a tangible document and submit the tangible, ink signed document to the notarial officer; (ii) The notarial officer shall then initiate the notarial act with the remotely located principal by means of an electronic notarization system or other form of communication technology and identify the remotely located principal or witness through satisfactory evidence; and (iii) The notarial officer shall perform the acknowledgement as set forth in this act.’ REGISTRATION IS A NOTIFICATION, MADE ON THE COMMISSION APPLICATION, AT NO EXTRA COST. W.S. 32-3-120(g): ‘Before a notary public performs the notary public’s initial notarial act with respect to an electronic record, or a remotely located person, a notary public shall notify the secretary of state … and identify the electronic notarization systems or other forms of communication technology the notary public intends to use.’ Part II of the January 2026 application is where that happens. WYOMING PUBLISHES NO APPROVED-PLATFORM LIST for notarization technology – the notary names the platforms and bears the sufficiency judgment under W.S. 32-3-111(k)(ii)(D). (Do not confuse this with the Secretary of State’s approved EDUCATION-AND-EXAMINATION vendors, a separate two-name list under W.S. 32-3-121.) WHERE THE PRINCIPAL MAY BE, W.S. 32-3-111(j): in Wyoming, outside Wyoming but within the United States, or outside the United States if the act is not prohibited where the principal is located AND the record pertains to a matter before a US public official, court or entity, to property in US territorial jurisdiction, or to a transaction substantially connected with the United States. JURISDICTION IS FIXED IN WYOMING, W.S. 32-3-111(o): ‘A notarial act performed by means of an electronic notarization system or other form of communication technology is considered to have been performed in Wyoming and is governed by Wyoming law regardless of the physical location of the principal at the time of the notarization.’ MANDATORY RECORDING: W.S. 32-3-118(a) requires an audiovisual recording of the ENTIRE communication for any act performed with communication technology, kept in the notary’s sole possession – with no statutory retention period (see journal_requirement). CERTIFICATE DISCLOSURE: Notary Rules Chapter 6 Section 4(a), ‘For all remote notarizations, the notarial certificate shall include the name of the electronic notarization system or other form of communication technology used to perform the notarial act’ – Wyoming requires the platform to be NAMED on the certificate, not merely a generic statement that technology was used. Both notary and principal must be able to see the same record: W.S. 32-3-111(n). A separate technology fee is permitted on conditions (see notarial_fee_cap). There is no estate-planning carve-out and no attorney-supervision requirement in the Wyoming scheme.

What you may charge

$10.00 per notarial act – NOT $5.00. W.S. 32-3-126(a): ‘For performing a notarial act, a notarial officer may charge the maximum fees specified in this section, charge less than the maximum fees or waive the fees.’ W.S. 32-3-126(b): a notarial officer may charge ‘(i) Not more than ten dollars ($10.00) per notarial act; or (ii) Not more than ten dollars ($10.00) per acknowledgement, signature, oath or affirmation, certification or note of protest if more than one (1) person appears before a notarial officer to complete a notarial act on a single record.’ Paragraph (ii) is the multi-signer rule: one record signed by three people can carry three $10.00 charges. TWO ADDITIONAL CHARGES ARE EXPRESSLY ALLOWED, each on the same two conditions – advance agreement plus an explicit disclosure that the charge is not a notarial fee and is not set by law. Technology fee, W.S. 32-3-126(b)(iii): allowed for ‘utilizing an electronic notarization system or other form of communication technology if: (A) The notarial officer and the person requesting the notarial act agree upon the total fee in advance of the notarial act; and (B) The notarial officer explains to the person requesting the notarial act that the technology fee is both separate from the notarial fee, if any, and neither specified nor mandated by law.’ Travel fee, W.S. 32-3-126(b)(iv): allowed ‘when traveling to perform a notarial act provided that: (A) A fee charged for travel must be equal to or less than the standard mileage rates allowed by the United States Internal Revenue Service; (B) The notarial officer and the person requesting the notarial act agree upon the travel fee in advance of the travel; and (C) The notarial officer explains … that the travel fee is both separate from the notarial fee, if any, and neither specified nor mandated by law.’ Wyoming is therefore one of the few states that both authorises a travel fee and caps it, by reference to the IRS standard mileage rate. PREPAYMENT AND REFUNDS: fees may be required before the act (W.S. 32-3-126(c)) and are nonrefundable at the officer’s discretion if the act was completed, or – for technology fees – if it was not completed ‘due to the principal failing to pass knowledge based authentication or identity proofing … whether due to fraud or innocent reasons’, or – for travel fees – for reasons set in rule (W.S. 32-3-126(d)). Those travel-fee reasons are Notary Rules Chapter 6 Section 6(a): ‘Any reason that gives the notarial officer the authority to refuse to perform a notarial act under W.S. s. 32-3-112’ or ‘If the principal cancels the notarial act with less than a 24-hour notice’; and Section 6(b), ‘A notary shall refund the travel fee if the notarial officer cancels and does not compete [sic] the notarial act.’ EMPLOYERS may bar an employee-notary from charging for acts performed as part of employment (W.S. 32-3-126(e)). WARNING FOR VERIFIERS: question 8 of the state’s own examination reads ‘The maximum fee a notary public may charge is $5.00 per notarial act’ – that is an exam item designed to be answered FALSE, not a statement of Wyoming law, and it is a natural trap for anyone reading the application PDF without opening W.S. 32-3-126.

Who does NOT need a commission — exemptions

WHO MAY NOTARIZE IN WYOMING WITHOUT A NOTARY COMMISSION – Wyoming lists them, and this record can therefore state them rather than name a gap. W.S. 32-3-105(a): ‘A notarial act may be performed in this state by: (i) A notary public of this state; (ii) A judge, clerk or deputy clerk of a court of this state; (iii) A district court commissioner; (iv) A full-time magistrate as authorized by W.S. 5-9-208; (v) A part-time magistrate as authorized by W.S. 5-9-212; or (vi) Any other person authorized to perform the specific act by the laws of this state.’ The signature and title of any officer in paragraphs (i) through (v) ‘conclusively establish the authority of the officer to perform the notarial act’ (W.S. 32-3-105(c)). Wyoming also gives effect to out-of-state and federal acts: W.S. 32-3-106 (acts performed in another state by that state’s notary, a judge, clerk or deputy clerk, or any other individual authorized there), W.S. 32-3-107 (acts under the authority of a federally recognized Indian tribe) and W.S. 32-3-108 (acts under federal authority). NOT SOURCED: whether Wyoming separately addresses military notarial authority under 10 U.S.C. 1044a. W.S. 32-3-108 is titled ‘Notarial acts under federal authority’ and would be the place to look, but its text was not read for this record; W.S. 32-3-105(a)(vi)’s catch-all does not name it. Tiers searched on 2026-08-12: the full RULONA text (section headings for all of W.S. 32-3-101 through 32-3-131, with 32-3-104, 32-3-105, 32-3-106, 32-3-111, 32-3-116 through 32-3-127 read in full), Notary Rules Chapter 6, the notary page and the January 2026 application. ACTS A WYOMING NOTARY MAY NOT PERFORM, W.S. 32-3-123(a): notarizing a record in which the officer or the officer’s spouse or civil partner is a party or has a direct beneficial interest; notarizing the officer’s own signature; notarizing a record in which the officer is individually named or will directly benefit; ‘Certify a copy of an official record issued by a public entity, such as a birth, death or marriage certificate, a court record or a school transcript, unless the officer is employed by the entity issuing or holding the original version of the record’; affixing signature or stamp to a record without a completed notarial certificate; investigating or attesting the truthfulness of a record; executing a certificate known to be false; acting with intent to deceive or defraud; or using the notarial title or stamp ’to endorse, promote, denounce or oppose any product, service, contest, candidate or other offering’. W.S. 32-3-123(b) adds that a commission does not authorize an individual to assist in drafting legal records, give legal advice or practise law, to act as an immigration consultant or expert, to represent a person in an immigration proceeding, or to receive compensation for any of those. W.S. 32-3-123(f): a notary ‘shall not withhold access to or possession of an original record provided by a person that seeks performance of a notarial act’. GEOGRAPHY IS UNUSUAL: W.S. 32-3-104(b) authorizes a Wyoming notary to act ‘in any county in this state or in any bordering state if the border state recognizes the officer’s authority within that state’, and adds ‘If performing an allowable notarization in a bordering state, a Wyoming notary public shall adhere to the laws and rules of Wyoming.’ Venue is where the OFFICER is physically located (W.S. 32-3-104(c)).

How to apply

Applications are handled by Wyoming Secretary of State (Compliance Division – Notaries). Start at the official application page .

Verify a license in Wyoming

Wyoming Secretary of State (Compliance Division – Notaries), [email protected] , 307.777.7370 publishes a public license search , searchable by No public search fields – no online Wyoming notary lookup was found on 2026-08-12. This entry records the Secretary of State’s notary page and contact route, which is the authoritative verification channel identified.. It covers SOURCED NEGATIVE, NOT AN OMISSION: Wyoming appears to publish no searchable public notary database. Tiers searched on 2026-08-12 – the Secretary of State’s notary page at /Services/Notaries.aspx and its duplicate at /Services/NotariesDutiesPrinciples.aspx (both read in full, both listing only laws, rules, the application, the education presentation, the name-change form, journal examples, stamp requirements and sample certificates, with no lookup link); the Secretary of State’s Business/UCC landing page (whose only notary link is to /Services/Notaries.aspx); the wyobiz.wyo.gov filing portal root; and a domain-restricted web search across sos.wyo.gov, wyobiz.wyo.gov and wyo.gov, which surfaced no lookup. A guessed path https://wyobiz.wyo.gov/Business/NotarySearch.aspx returns an empty (zero-byte) page – but so does https://wyobiz.wyo.gov/Business/ZZZFakePage.aspx , which is how that server soft-404s, so the empty response is proof of absence rather than of a hidden portal. What Wyoming does publish is a verification CHANNEL: the Secretary of State’s Compliance Division at [email protected] / 307.777.7370, and the statutory backstop that a notary’s signature and title ‘conclusively establish the authority of the officer to perform the notarial act’ (W.S. 32-3-105(c)). Applications are public records under the Wyoming Public Records Act, as the form itself states.

Records come from Wyoming Secretary of State (Compliance Division – Notaries), [email protected] , 307.777.7370’s own system. LicensingAtlas does not hold license records and cannot confirm any individual’s status — the date on this page refers to the requirements described above, not to anyone’s credential.

Frequently asked questions

How long does a Wyoming notary commission last, and what does it cost?

Six years – one of the longest terms in the country. W.S. 32-3-120(e): ‘The secretary of state shall issue a commission for a six (6) year term as a notary public.’ The filing fee is $60 for a new commission or a renewal (W.S. 32-3-120(d)(ii)), paid by check or money order with a mailed paper application: the Secretary of State’s January 2026 instructions say ‘Unfortunately, credit cards are not accepted’ and ‘A hard copy of this Application/Renewal form must be delivered or mailed.’ A name change later costs $10 (W.S. 32-3-127(b)(ii)).

Does Wyoming require a notary bond?

No – and it will not accept one. The Secretary of State’s application instructions state: ‘You have the option to obtain a bond or E&O insurance for yourself if you choose. These will NOT be filed with the County or the State.’ The statute is permissive only: W.S. 32-3-123(g), ‘Nothing in this act shall be construed to deny a notarial officer the right to obtain an assurance in the form of a surety bond or errors and omissions insurance on a voluntary basis to provide coverage for liability.’ The word ‘bond’ appears exactly once in the entire Wyoming Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts, in that sentence. Errors and omissions insurance is likewise optional.

Is there an exam or required training to become a Wyoming notary?

Both, and both are repeated at every renewal. Education: Secretary of State Notary Rules Chapter 6, Section 5 requires a notary to review the state’s Notary Education Presentation ‘for every term’ and certify it on the application. Examination: W.S. 32-3-121(a) requires passing an exam ‘administered by the secretary of state or an entity approved by the secretary of state’, and the exam is printed as Part III of the application – 20 true/false questions, with ‘At least fourteen (14) correct answers … required for a passing grade.’ An applicant who takes education and examination from a state-approved vendor attaches that certificate and skips Part III.

Does a Wyoming notary have to keep a journal?

Yes, for every act. W.S. 32-3-118(d): ‘A notary public shall maintain one (1) or more journals in which the notary public chronicles all notarial acts that the notary public performs.’ It may be kept ‘on a tangible medium or in an electronic format’. Wyoming does not prescribe what each entry must contain and does not set a retention period – the Secretary of State publishes a ‘Journal Examples’ document as guidance, and Notary Rules Chapter 6 Section 3(b) expressly leaves additional content and retention requirements to private parties. The journal must be kept under the notary’s sole control and may not be surrendered to an employer on leaving a job without the Secretary of State’s approval.

Can a Wyoming notary notarize remotely?

Yes, in two different ways with different scopes. Remote online notarization (RON) is available for ANY notarial act under W.S. 32-3-111(k). Remote ink notarization (RIN) – where the signer signs a paper document and sends it to the notary – is available ONLY for an acknowledgment, under W.S. 32-3-111(m). Before the first electronic or remote act the notary must notify the Secretary of State and ‘identify the electronic notarization systems or other forms of communication technology the notary public intends to use’ (W.S. 32-3-120(g)); that is done by checkbox on the commission application, at no extra fee. Every act performed with communication technology must be audiovisually recorded in full, and the notarial certificate must name the platform used.

What can a Wyoming notary charge?

Up to $10.00 per notarial act (W.S. 32-3-126(b)(i)) – not $5.00 – and up to $10.00 per acknowledgment, signature, oath, certification or note of protest where more than one person appears on a single record. Two extra charges are allowed if agreed in advance and disclosed as not being notarial fees: a technology fee for remote or electronic notarization, and a travel fee that ‘must be equal to or less than the standard mileage rates allowed by the United States Internal Revenue Service.’ Fees may be required up front and, in defined circumstances, are nonrefundable. An employer may prohibit an employee-notary from charging for acts performed as part of the job.

What must a Wyoming notary stamp look like?

A rectangle approximately 1 inch by 2 1/2 inches, in blue or black ink, with a border outline containing the notary’s commission name, the words ‘Notary Public’, the words ‘State of Wyoming’, the notary’s identification number, and the words ‘My commission expires’ followed by the expiration date (W.S. 32-3-116(a)(ii)). Nothing else may appear – not the Great Seal of Wyoming, not any other image, and not the county of residence – and missing elements may not be written or typed in by hand. A brand-new stamp is required at every renewal. The stamp is ordered AFTER the commission issues, because the appointment letter supplies the commission ID number and expiration date.

How do I verify that someone is a Wyoming notary?

Wyoming does not appear to publish an online notary lookup. Searching the Secretary of State’s notary page, its duplicate duties page, the Business and UCC landing page and the wyobiz.wyo.gov filing portal on August 12, 2026 turned up no searchable notary database. Verification runs through the Secretary of State’s Compliance Division instead – [email protected] or 307.777.7370 – and notary applications are public records under the Wyoming Public Records Act. As a matter of law, W.S. 32-3-105(c) provides that the signature and title of a Wyoming notary ‘conclusively establish the authority of the officer to perform the notarial act.’

Can a Wyoming notary notarize outside Wyoming?

Sometimes, which is unusual. W.S. 32-3-104(b): a commission ‘authorizes the notary public to perform notarial acts in any county in this state or in any bordering state if the border state recognizes the officer’s authority within that state’, and ‘If performing an allowable notarization in a bordering state, a Wyoming notary public shall adhere to the laws and rules of Wyoming.’ Whether any given neighbouring state recognizes that authority is a question of that state’s law, not Wyoming’s. Venue is where the notary is physically located (W.S. 32-3-104(c)), and a remote act is treated as performed in Wyoming regardless of where the signer is (W.S. 32-3-111(o)).

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