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September 9, 2024

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Notary Journal

Required (WS 32-3-120118[ed]).

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ADMINISTRATION AND RULES

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1. Notarial Acts

   1. Inked Stamp: The new law effective July 1, 2021, removes the former statute’s reference to the seal being embossed on the document.

   2. Shape/Size: Rectangular: Approximately more than 1 inch wide by 2½ inches long (WS 32-3-116[a][ii][A]).

   3. Border: The seal must have a border outline surrounding the required components (WS 32-3-116[a][ii][C]).

   4. Components (for a commission filed on or after July 1, 2021):

      1. Name of Notary;

      2. “Notary Public”;

      3. “State of Wyoming”;

      4. Notary’s commission identification number;

      5. “My commission expires” followed by the date of expiration of the Notary’s commission.

   5. Ink Color: The official stamp or seal must be in blue or black ink and be capable of being copied together with the record to which it is affixed or attached, or with which it is logically associated (WS 32-3-116[a][ii][E]).

   6. Great Seal: “For a new notary public commission, or upon renewal, filed on or after July 1, 2021 … [t]he official stamp of a notary public, whether the impression is on a tangible or electronic record, shall … [n]ot include images of the great seal of the state of Wyoming or any other image or content other than as prescribed in this section” (WS 32-3-116[a][ii][J]).

   7. Components (for a commission filed before July 1, 2021)¹:

      1. Name of Notary;

      2. “Notary Public”;

      3. Name of county* wherein Notary resides;

      4. “Wyoming”;

      5. OPTIONAL: commission expiration date.
         ¹ During the term of a Notary’s commission issued before July 1, 2021 (for 4 years thereafter), officials from the Secretary of State’s office have told the NNA that the Notary must obtain a seal with the elements required under the prior law.

2. In-Person Electronic Notarial Acts: WS (WS 32-3-102(a((xxii) and 32-3-114(a)(vii) indicate that the official stamp on an electronic record must be an “electronic image” of the official stamp.
   “The official stamp of a notary public … shall … [if] it is an electronic image, be in the same format, color, content and approximate size as the tangible official stamp and be capable of being copied together with the record to which the official stamp is affixed or attached or with which the official stamp is logically associated” (WS 32-3-116[a][ii][F]).

3. Remote Notarial Acts: The format of an official stamp on a paper remote notarial act must conform to the requirements for an official stamp on a notarial act and the official stamp on an electronic remote notarial act must conform to the requirements for an official stamp on a notarial act on an electronic record.

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