Department of Financial Institutions

Notary Public Tutorial

Welcome to the home page for the online course of education for Wisconsin Notary Public applicants. The purpose of the course is to help you become a well-trained, competent, and confident notary public by providing you with information on the duties and responsibilities of a notary public. This will benefit you, the customers you serve and the State of Wisconsin.

The exam is required for all 4 year applicants that are new or renewing their applications and must be passed with a score of 90% or better, no more than one year prior to the date of your notary commission or renewal.

If you feel you have excellent knowledge of the notary public duties and responsibilities you may skip over the chapter readings and quizzes and go directly to the final exam to assess your knowledge. Be sure to print the exam results, once you’ve scored 90% or better and send with all application materials.

The tutorial is broken into 7 chapters of instruction, each with a short practice quiz at the end of the chapter. This course is designed so you can take your time to read each chapter, answer the chapter quizzes, and use the gained knowledge to take the final exam. You may take the tutorial as many times as you like and retake it in the future as a refresher. At the end of the tutorial there is a final exam for you to take to assess your knowledge of notary public duties and responsibilities. You must print the exam certificate.

If you have any questions about the Wisconsin Notary Public Education Course please e-mail DFINotary@dfi.wisconsin.gov.