Wyo. Stat. § 6-5-114

Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session, Acts 1-58, 60-118
Section 6-5-114 - Notarial officers; issuance of certificate without proper acknowledgment; penalties

A notarial officer commits a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both, if he signs and affixes his stamp to a certificate of acknowledgment when the party executing the instrument has not first acknowledged the execution of the instrument in the presence of, as defined in W.S. 32-3-102(a)(iii), the notarial officer, if by law the instrument is required to be recorded or filed and cannot be filed without a certificate of acknowledgment signed and sealed by a notarial officer.

W.S. 6-5-114

Amended by Laws 2021 , ch. 27, § 2, eff. 7/1/2021.
Amended by Laws 2011 , ch. 113, § 2, eff. 7/1/2011.