Wyoming · W.S. 32-3-111, 32-3-118, 32-3-119Wyoming remote online and remote ink notarization: the two methods, the recording and recording a paper copy

Wyoming treats appearing before a notarial officer by an electronic notarization system or other communication technology as personal appearance (W.S. 32-3-102). A notarial officer may perform a remote ink notarization or a remote online notarization for a principal located in Wyoming, elsewhere in the United States, or outside the United States if signing isn't prohibited where the principal is and the record relates to a matter before a U.S. court or government entity, to property in the United States, or to a transaction substantially connected with the United States (32-3-111(j)). A remote online notarization may be used for any notarial act if the officer identifies the principal through satisfactory evidence, performs the act in a single recorded session, is satisfied the record is the same one notarized, and is satisfied the technology is good enough (32-3-111(k)). A remote ink notarization is limited to acknowledgments: the principal signs and dates a paper document and submits it to the officer, who then starts the session, identifies the principal and performs the acknowledgment (32-3-111(m)). The officer must make sure the principal and any witnesses are viewing the same record, and the act is considered performed in Wyoming and governed by Wyoming law wherever the principal is (32-3-111(n)–(o)). The officer makes an audiovisual recording of the entire communication (32-3-118(a)), and before the first act with a remotely located person a notary notifies the secretary of state and identifies the technology (32-3-120(g)). A recorder may accept a paper copy of an electronic record with a notarial certificate as an original if the notarial officer certifies it's an accurate copy (32-3-119).