§ 32-3-114 — Certificate of notarial act

Wyoming § 32-3-114

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 32: Notaries
• Ch. 3: NOTARIES PUBLIC
• Art. 1: WYOMING REVISED UNIFORM NOTARIAL ACT

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(a) A notarial act shall be evidenced by a certificate.
The certificate shall:
(i) Be executed contemporaneously with the
performance of the notarial act;
(ii) Identify the county and state in which the
notarial act is performed;
(iii) Identify the name of the principal, the type of
record and issuing entity that is copied, or, if performing a
verification of fact, the information the notarial officer has
certified to;
(iv) Specify the notarial act being performed;
(v) Be signed and dated by the notarial officer. If
the notarial officer's signature is required to be on file with
the secretary of state, the certificate shall be signed in the
same manner as on file;
(vi) Contain the title of office of the notarial
officer; and
(vii) Contain the impression on a tangible record, or
electronic image on an electronic record, of the notary public's
official stamp.
(b) The certificate for a notarial act on a tangible
record shall be part of or securely affixed to the record.
(c) The certificate for a notarial act on an electronic
record shall be attached to or logically associated with the
record.
(d) A certificate of a remote ink notarization or remote
online notarization shall include the information specified in
this chapter, indicate that the notarial act was performed using
an electronic notarization system or other form of communication
technology and include any other information required by rule of
the secretary of state.
(e) A certificate of a notarial act is sufficient if it
meets the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) and, if
applicable, (c) and (d) of this section, and:
(i) Is in a short form set forth in W.S. 32-3-115;
(ii) Is in a form otherwise permitted by the law of
this state;
(iii) Is in a form permitted by the law applicable in
the jurisdiction in which the notarial act was performed; or
(iv) Sets forth the actions of the notarial officer
and the actions are sufficient to meet the requirements of the
notarial act as provided in this act or law of this state.
(f) By executing a certificate of a notarial act, a
notarial officer certifies that the officer has complied with
the requirements and made the determinations specified in this
act.
(g) A notarial officer shall not affix the officer's
signature or stamp to, or logically associate it with, a
certificate until the notarial act has been performed.
(h) A notarial officer may subsequently correct any
information included on or omitted from a certificate executed
by that officer if the change or correction can be evidenced by
the information contained in the officer's journal record, if
applicable, of the transaction.
(j) A notarial officer shall not change or correct an
impression or electronic image of an official stamp on a
certificate. If the stamp is incorrect, the officer shall obtain
a corrected stamp. If the impression or electronic image of an
official stamp is missing from a certificate, is illegible or
the official stamp contained incorrect information the officer
may affix a subsequent impression of the official stamp on a
tangible record or attach or logically associate a subsequent
impression with an electronic record.
(k) Any changes or corrections shall be dated and
initialed by the notarial officer and a corresponding notation
of the changes shall be made in the journal record, if
applicable. Only the officer who performed the notarization may
make or authorize a change or correction to a previously
completed certificate. If an officer authorizes a third party to
change or correct the information included or omitted on a
previously completed certificate, the authorization shall be
granted in writing and a copy of the message authorizing the
change and a copy of the changed certificate shall be attached
to the officer's journal record, if applicable, for that
transaction.