Online notarization in Rock Springs, WY

Wyoming at a glance

Online notarization legal since

July 1, 2021, enacted by 2021 Wyoming S.F. 0029 (Enrolled Act No. 10, Senate, 66th Legislature), which created the Wyoming Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts, W.S. 32-3-101 to -131

Source: W.S. 32-3-103; 2021 Wyo. Sess. Laws, Enrolled Act No. 10, Senate (S.F. 0029) § 5(a)

Governing law

Wyoming Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts, W.S. 32-3-101 through 32-3-131 (Title 32, Ch. 3, Art. 1); Wyoming Secretary of State Notary Rules, Chapter 6 (Notarial Acts), ref. 002.0012.6.12022021

Source: W.S. 32-3-101 to 32-3-131; Wyoming SOS Notary Rules Ch. 6

Notary authorization for online acts

Before the notary's first notarial act on an electronic record or for a remotely located person, the notary must notify the Secretary of State and identify the electronic notarization system(s) or communication technology intended to be used (W.S. 32-3-120(g))

Source: W.S. 32-3-120(g)

Notary fee cap for an online act

$10 per notarial act, plus an optional technology fee and a travel fee (capped at the IRS standard mileage rate), each only if agreed to in advance and disclosed as separate from the notarial fee (W.S. 32-3-126(b))

Source: W.S. 32-3-126(b)(i),(iii),(iv)

Identity verification

In person: personal knowledge, inspection of an identification credential, or a credible witness; for remote sessions, satisfactory evidence via two or more of dynamic knowledge-based authentication, a public key certificate, identity proofing, or credential analysis (W.S. 32-3-102(a)(xxxi))

Source: W.S. 32-3-102(a)(xxxi)

Signer location

May be in Wyoming, elsewhere in the U.S., or outside the U.S. if not prohibited by the foreign state and the record concerns a U.S. court/official matter, U.S. property, or a transaction substantially connected with the U.S. (W.S. 32-3-111(j))

Source: W.S. 32-3-111(j)

Journal and recording retention

No fixed number of years is stated in the statute or the Secretary of State's rule; the notary keeps sole possession of the audiovisual recording and sole control of the journal, surrendered only via subpoena, a law-enforcement investigation, or at the Secretary of State's direction (W.S. 32-3-118(b),(c),(f))

Source: W.S. 32-3-118(b),(c),(f); Wyoming SOS Notary Rules Ch. 6 § 3(b), § 4(c)

Document classes excluded from online notarization

None named in the act — the act permits remote online notarization for any notarial act (W.S. 32-3-111(k))

Source: W.S. 32-3-111(k)

Reviewed 2026-08-31