Bill No.: HB0036                  Drafter:  IDS

LSO No.:  08LSO-0191              Effective Date:  7/1/2008

Enrolled Act No.:  HEA0017

Chapter No.:       20

Prime Sponsor:     Representative Gingery

Catch Title:       Uniform law on notarial acts.

Subject:  Adopting the uniform law on notarial acts.

Summary/Major Elements:  This act:

· Creates the Wyoming Uniform Law on Notarial Acts by adopting the Uniform Law on Notarial Acts;

· Establishes who can take "notarial acts" in Wyoming;

· Guides a notarial officer's process for taking acknowledgments, taking verifications upon oath or affirmation, witnessing or attesting a signature, certifying or attesting a copy, certifying an instrument executed by a business, certifying instruments executed by a trustee, testamentary trust or express trust and for making or noting the protest of a negotiable instrument;

· Sets standards for recognizing notarial acts taken outside of Wyoming;

· Establishes standards for establishing a person's identity; and

· Defines the contents of a notarial certificate.

· Provides sample certificate forms for various types of notarial acts.

· Exempts from coverage notarial acts taken before its effective date.

· Amends the existing statutes by specifying the officers who can administer oaths, but who cannot take other notarial acts.

· Repeals Wyoming's Acknowledgement Act.

· Repeals W.S. 34-1-126 which imposed a fine on county clerks for recording improperly notarized documents.