Written by Acorn Sales Company, manufacturing stamps and seals since 1964 · Reviewed by Holly R, VP of Sales and Marketing at Acorn Sales, against Wyoming Certified Real Estate Appraiser Board, administered with the Wyoming Real Estate Commission on 22 September 2026 · Updated 22 September 2026
Wyoming asks a certified appraiser for less on the face of a report than almost any other state. There is no seal, there is no stamp, and the credential line that used to be required is no longer in the Board’s rules. The Certified Real Estate Appraiser Act has no seal section, and none of the four chapters of the Board’s rules contains one either. What is left is W.S. 33-39-121 on how the title may be used and a single marking rule for trainees.
That makes a Wyoming device a working tool rather than a compliance item. A block carrying your name, your type of certification and your permit number is useful because it saves typing the same lines on every report, and because clients and reviewers expect to see who prepared the work. It is not something the Board prescribes, and nobody should sell it to you as something the Board prescribes.
Wyoming real estate appraiser seal requirements at a glance
| Requirement | Wyoming rule | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Seal required | No. The Act has no seal section, and chapters 1 to 4 of the Board’s rules contain no seal or stamp provision. | W.S. 33-39-101 to 33-39-225; Board Rules chs. 1 to 4 |
| Required elements | None prescribed for a certified appraiser. A trainee indicates the words certified appraiser trainee prominently after the signature on all appraisal reports, reviews and correspondence the trainee signs. | Certified Real Estate Appraiser Board Rules ch. 1 Sec. 18(k) |
| Size and shape | None prescribed. Wyoming describes no appraiser seal, so there is nothing to dimension. | Certified Real Estate Appraiser Board Rules ch. 1 |
| Device allowed | No instrument is named anywhere in the Act or the rules. | W.S. 33-39-101 to 33-39-225; Board Rules chs. 1 to 4 |
| Signature and date | A certified appraiser may sign an appraisal report on behalf of a corporation, partnership, firm or group practice. The supervisory appraiser signs and reviews a trainee’s report. No dating rule sits in the Board’s rules. | W.S. 33-39-121(b); Certified Real Estate Appraiser Board Rules ch. 1 Sec. 17 |
| What must be sealed | Nothing. No Wyoming document calls for an appraiser’s seal. | W.S. 33-39-101 to 33-39-225; Board Rules chs. 1 to 4 |
| Electronic seal | Not addressed. The Board’s rules contain no provision on an electronic seal or a digital signature. Chapter 4 is a bare adoption of USPAP. | Board Rules ch. 4 |
| Renewal and lapse | No credential line is prescribed, so nothing on a device expires with the permit. Wyoming issues a permit rather than a license or a certificate. | W.S. 33-39-101 to 33-39-225 |
| Firm requirements | No permit is issued to a corporation, partnership, firm or group, and the term certified real estate appraiser may not be used following or immediately in connection with the name or signature of one, or in a way that reads as referring to one. | W.S. 33-39-121(a) and (b) |
| Regulator | Wyoming Certified Real Estate Appraiser Board, administered with the Wyoming Real Estate Commission | W.S. 33-39-101 to 33-39-225; Board Rules chs. 1 to 4 |
What Wyoming law actually asks for
W.S. 33-39-121 is headed Use of designation and it is the only statute governing how the credential is used. Subsection (a) provides that the term certified real estate appraiser shall only be used to refer to individuals who hold permits under the act, and may not be used following or immediately in connection with the name or signature of a firm, partnership, corporation or group, or in such manner that it might be interpreted as referring to one. Subsection (b) provides that no permit shall be issued to a corporation, partnership, firm or group, but does not prevent a certified real estate appraiser from signing an appraisal report on behalf of one. A restriction on who the title may describe, then. Not a requirement to print anything.
The Wyoming Permit No. line is gone
This is the part to get right, because the old wording is still quoted in places. An earlier version of the Board’s chapter 1 gave the credential line by example, showing Certified General Real Estate Appraiser, Wyoming Permit No. followed by the number, with parallel forms for the residential and trainee credentials, and said the permit number and type of certification shall appear on all appraisal reports. That sentence is not in the current chapter. Section 2 of the current chapter 1 is headed Definitions, its lettered paragraphs run from (a) to (m), and the sentence appears nowhere in it. Sections 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17 and 18 were each read in full and none carries it forward. Do not order a Wyoming device on the strength of that wording as a current rule.
The one marking rule that survives, and it is for trainees
Chapter 1 Sec. 18(k) is the only report marking rule in the Board’s current rules, and it applies to trainees: indicate the word certified appraiser trainee prominently after their signature on all appraisal reports, reviews or correspondence signed by the certified appraiser trainee. It is a designation after a signature, not a seal. Chapter 1 Sec. 17 puts the matching duty on the supervisor, who must sign and review the report and disclose in it the name of the trainee and the scope of the trainee’s contribution. A trainee is the one Wyoming appraiser with a prescribed thing to print, and a small stamp carrying the trainee designation is the honest use case here.
Why a Wyoming appraiser still orders a stamp
Nothing obliges it, and plenty recommends it. Clients, lenders and reviewers expect to see who prepared a report and how to verify the credential, and USPAP obligations run through chapter 4 whether or not the Board prints a credential line rule. A block giving your name, your type of certification spelled out and your Wyoming permit number answers all of that in one impression and saves retyping it on every report and every engagement letter. The correct description of that device is a professional identification stamp that you have chosen to use, which is a different claim from a Wyoming appraiser seal.
What to engrave, and what to keep off
Engrave what is true: your name as it appears on the permit, the type of certification you hold, and your permit number. Wyoming uses the word permit rather than license or certificate number, so that is the word to use if you name the number at all. Keep two things off the die. Do not letter it in a way that reads as identifying a firm, partnership, corporation or group, because W.S. 33-39-121(a) bars the term certified real estate appraiser from sitting immediately in connection with the name or signature of one. And do not add words such as board approved or official seal, because the Board approves no device and issues none.
Where the record stops on Wyoming
Two limits belong on the page. First, the Board’s own current rule PDFs are published through Google Drive links from its site, and those links are blocked to this environment, while the state rules portal exposes only a search interface with no directly fetchable document. The current rule text here was read on a republication of the Wyoming Administrative Code stated current through 13 June 2025, and the earlier 2018 filing was read on the Legislature’s rules repository. Second, chapter 1 sections 4 to 8 and 11 to 14, covering fees, public records, education, experience, examination, courses, instructors, withdrawal of approval and disputes, were identified by heading rather than read word for word. Confirm the current chapter 1 against the Board’s own PDF before relying on any wording.
Embosser, ink stamp or eSeal image
With nothing prescribed, the choice is entirely practical. An embosser raises the paper and adds no ink, which suits a bound original and vanishes in a scan. An ink stamp prints a block that survives copying, scanning and fax, which is what a report delivered to a lender needs. A digital image drops the same block into a PDF. Since Wyoming sets no format, the question is only what reproduces where your work lands. Many appraisers here buy the eSeal electronic image at $20.00 for files and add an ink stamp for the paper that still moves.
Sizing and layout
Certified General Real Estate Appraiser is a long string, and spelled out beside a name and a permit number it needs a line of its own. No Wyoming rule fixes a dimension, a shape or a border, so size the die for legibility on a copy rather than to match any specification. Put the name on top, the type of certification under it and the permit number below that. If you are a trainee, the useful device is smaller and simpler: the words certified appraiser trainee, set to sit after your signature, which is exactly what chapter 1 Sec. 18(k) describes.
Ordering a Wyoming appraiser stamp
Send the wording you want and we cut the artwork from it; we do not add a state legend or a border you did not ask for. Ink devices start with the regular rubber stamp at $34.95 and the self inking stamp at $39.95. The MaxLight pre inked stamp at $46.95 gives a denser line. If you want an embosser for originals, the soft seal embosser is $44.95. Browse the appraiser range or send wording through contact us.
Care and replacement
Press a self inking stamp straight down once and let it lift on its own, and re ink it before the impression starts to gray. A pre inked die keeps its edge longer stored flat and capped. An embosser wants the sheet pushed fully into the throat and one firm squeeze. Keep any device away from heat. Because no Wyoming rule puts a date on anything you print, a renewal leaves your wording correct. Replace the die when the wording stops being true: a trainee converting to a certified credential, a move from residential to general, a new permit number or a legal name change.
What to check before you order
Read W.S. 33-39-121 in full, both subsections, and then read chapter 1 of the Board’s current rules from the Board’s own posting rather than from a republication or an old filing. Check whether the permit number sentence has been restored before you treat it as a rule; as of this reading it is not in the chapter. Copy your type of certification and your permit number from the permit itself. If a seller offers a Wyoming appraiser seal, ask which chapter and section it comes from. This page is a research summary and not legal advice. Send your wording through contact us.
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Frequently asked questions
Does Wyoming require a real estate appraiser to use a seal?
No. The Certified Real Estate Appraiser Act has no seal section, and chapters 1 to 4 of the Board’s rules contain no seal or stamp provision. There is no device to order to a Wyoming specification, because there is no Wyoming specification.
I have seen the wording Wyoming Permit No. quoted as a requirement. Is it current?
Not in the current chapter 1. An earlier filing gave that credential line by example and said the permit number and type of certification shall appear on all appraisal reports. Section 2 of the current chapter runs from (a) to (m), is definitions only, and does not carry the sentence forward.
So is there anything I have to print on a Wyoming report?
For a certified appraiser, the Board’s current rules prescribe nothing. For a trainee, chapter 1 Sec. 18(k) asks for the words certified appraiser trainee prominently after the signature on all appraisal reports, reviews and correspondence the trainee signs.
What does the supervisory appraiser have to do?
Chapter 1 Sec. 17 has the supervisor sign and review the report and disclose in it the name of the certified appraiser trainee and the scope of the trainee’s contribution to the report.
Can I sign a Wyoming report on behalf of my firm?
W.S. 33-39-121(b) provides that no permit is issued to a corporation, partnership, firm or group, but that this does not prevent a certified real estate appraiser from signing an appraisal report on behalf of one. Subsection (a) still bars the title from sitting immediately in connection with the firm name or signature.
Why order a stamp at all if nothing is prescribed?
To save typing the same identification on every report and engagement letter, and because clients and reviewers look for who prepared the work. Call it what it is: a professional identification stamp you have chosen to use, not a Wyoming seal.
How confident is this reading of the current rules?
High on the seal answer, which rests on the Act and on all four rule chapters. The current rule text was read on a republication of the Wyoming Administrative Code stated current through 13 June 2025, because the Board’s own PDFs sit behind links this environment cannot reach. Confirm chapter 1 against the Board’s posting before relying on any wording.
