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American Society of Notaries offers state-specific online notary training courses for those seeking to become a notary in California, Florida, Florida RON, Missouri, Montana and Pennsylvania. These states require all NEW notary applicants to take a "State Approved" notary education course either online or in a live classroom environment. ASN also offers online courses for Alabama, Georgia and Texas (these courses are NOT required in order to obtain a notary commission those states).

If your state does not require education nor an exam to become a notary, (see education and exam requirements below), ASN offers our All-States Notary Education Course. This course provides pertinent information for notaries in the states that are NOT listed below, and features state-specific information on notary essentials such as authorized duties, recordbook (also called a journal) requirements, notary bond requirements, and more.

Notary education is vital for any notary public to have full knowledge of what he or she is permitted to do as a notary and how to properly perform these duties.
Notary Public Commission Requirements (not Electronic or Online Notaries)

 STATE  
 EDUCATION REQUIRED
 EXAM REQUIRED
 AR
 .    Yes- New and Renewing Notaries
 CA
    Yes - New and Renewing Notaries    Yes - New and Renewing Notaries
 CO
    Yes - New and Renewing Notaries    Yes - New and Renewing Notaries
 CT
 f    Yes - New and Renewing Notaries
DC
    Yes – Orientation, New Notaries and Renewing (after 12-month commission expiration) Notaries .
 FL    Yes - New Notaries .
 HI
 . Yes - New and Renewing Notaries
 IL    Yes – New and Renewing Notaries (IF mandated in administrative rules)    Yes – New and Renewing Notaries (IF mandated in administrative rules)
IN    Yes - New and Renewing Notaries    Yes - New and Renewing Notaries
LA
 .    Yes – Pre-assessment Exam and State Exam, Non-Attorney Applicants
 ME
 .    Yes - New and Renewing Notaries
 MD    Yes - New and Renewing Notaries
    Yes - New Notaries
 MO
    Yes - New and Renewing Notaries (Course or read SOS Notary Handbook)    Yes - New and Renewing Notaries
 MT
    Yes - New and Renewing Notaries    Yes- New and Renewing Notaries
 NE
   .    Yes - New Notaries
 NV
    Yes - New and Renewing Notaries
    Yes - New and Renewing Notaries
NJ    Yes – New Notaries and Certain Renewing Notaries (Eff. 7-22-22; attorneys exempted.)    Yes – New Notaries (Eff. 7-22-22; attorneys exempted.)
NM    Yes – New Notaries (and Renewing Notaries with commissions lapsed more than 1 year)    Yes – New Notaries (and Renewing Notaries with commissions lapsed more than 1 year)
 NY
 .    Yes – New Notaries and renewing Notaries with commissions lapsed more than 6 months (attorneys exempted)
 NC
    Yes - New Notaries (attorneys exempted)    Yes - New and Renewing Notaries (attorneys exempted)
 OH
    Yes - New and Certain Renewing Notaries
    Yes - New and Renewing Notaries (attorneys exempted)
 OR
    Yes - New and Certain Renewing Notaries    Yes - New and Renewing Notaries
 PA
    Yes - New and Renewing Notaries    Yes - New Notaries and renewing Notaries with a lapsed commission
 RI .    Yes - (SOS Assessment Quiz) - New and Certain Renewing Notaries
 UT
 .    Yes - New and Renewing Notaries
 VT    Yes - Renewing Notaries (Eff. 2-1-21, for Notaries renewing in 2023)    Yes - Eff. 2-1-21, New Notaries
WI    Yes (Tutorial) – New and Renewing Notaries
    Yes (Tutorial) – New and Renewing Notaries
WY

   Yes - New and Renewing Notaries

   Yes - New and Renewing Notaries

Last Revision February 2022

States NOT listed in the table above include those in which the commissioning officer may require notary education on a discretionary basis or following a finding of notary misconduct.

Established in 1965, the American Society of Notaries is the first national nonprofit association for notaries public in the United States. Membership benefits include toll-free technical support; email updates, information and advice; Notary Locator Listing; and more... Our members also get our best discounts on all of our online notary education courses for Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Montana, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and Texas. ASN also offers the “All-States” Notary Education Course. ASN members also receive discounts on our full line of notary supplies, including notary ink stamps and embossing seals, state-specific notary public handbooks, our All-States Notary Recordbook (Notary Journal), and much more.
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