Wyoming Amends Provisions Regarding Notary Fees
by: Paul McSheffrey
With Enrolled Act No. 26, the Legislature of the State of Wyoming has amended its rules regulating notaries. The Act amends W.S. 34-26-302(a)(i) through (vii) to increase the amount of fees that a notarial officer may charge.
Several notarial acts are affected including taking an acknowledgment, administering an oath or affirmation without a signature, jurats, witnessing or attesting a signature, certifying or attesting copies, taking a verification upon oath or affirmation, and noting a protest of negotiable instruments. For each of the preceding notarial acts, the maximum fee that may be charged has been increased from $2.00 to $5.00. The maximum fees are measured per signature for an acknowledgment, per person for an oath or affirmation, per signature for a jurat, per signature for a signature witnessing, per page for copy certifications, per certificate for verification upon oath or affirmation, and per protest for noting a protest of a negotiable instrument.
These changes become effective on July 1, 2014.
About the Author
Paul McSheffrey, J.D. is Regulatory Compliance Consultant at Bankers Advisory, Inc. He is a graduate of Northeastern University and earned his Juris Doctor at the New England School of Law. Paul is admitted to the Bar in Massachusetts and New York. He can be reached at paul@bankersadvisory.com
Anna DeSimone founded Bankers Advisory in 1986 and is a nationally recognized authority in residential mortgage lending. She has received numerous industry awards and has authored more than 40 best practices guides and hundreds of articles.
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