Notary Public Commission Requirements (not Electronic or Online Notaries) |
STATE
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EDUCATION REQUIRED
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EXAM REQUIRED
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AR
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. |
Yes- New and Renewing Notaries
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CA
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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
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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
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Yes - New and Renewing Notaries
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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
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Yes - New and Renewing Notaries (attorneys exempted)
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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
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Last Revision February 2022
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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.
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