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Common Questions
Acknowledgement
A Florida Notary Public can take an Individual, Corporate, Official/Trustee, Partnership, Attorney in Fact, and a Disabled Person’s Acknowledgment.
The purpose of an acknowledgment is for a signer, whose identity has been verified, to declare to a Notary or notarial officer that they have willingly signed a document. The signer must be able to directly communicate with the Notary, without a translator.
An acknowledgment requires the following steps:
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The signer must physically appear before the Notary
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The Notary must positively identify the signer
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The signer may either sign the document before appearing before the Notary, or in the Notary’s presence
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The signer must declare (acknowledge) they are signing the document willingly and for the purpose intended
Jurat
A Florida Notary Public is authorized to notarizean Individual Jurat and a Disabled Person’s Jurat.
The purpose of a jurat is for a signer to swear to or affirm the truthfulness of the contents of a document to a Notary. The Notary administers an oath or affirmation to the affiant, who verifies the truths listed in the document, under penalty of perjury.
A jurat requires the following steps:
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The signer must personally appear (in-person or online) before the Notary and sign the document in the Notary’s presence
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The Notary must positively identify the signer.
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A spoken oath or an affirmation must be administered, and the signer must respond verbally. Non-verbal answers, such as a nod of the head or 'thumbs up" are unacceptable.
Which types of ID can I use?
A Florida Notary may identify a document signer through any one of the following listed below. The document must be VALID. If EXPIRED, it must have been issued within the past 5 years AND bear a serial or other identifying number. While one valid identification document or card may be sufficient to identify a signer, the Notary may ask for more.
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Florida driver license or identification card issued by the Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles.
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U.S. passport issued by the U.S. Department of State.
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Foreign passport if stamped by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
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Driver license or non-driver ID issued by another U.S. state of territory.
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Driver's license officially issued in Mexico or Canada.
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U.S. military ID.
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Inmate ID issued on or after January 1, 1991, by the Florida Department of Corrections or Federal Bureau of Prisons (but only to identify prisoners in custody).
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A sworn , written statement from a sworn law enforcement officer explaining that an inmate’s IDs were confiscated upon incarceration, and that the person named in the document is the person whose signature is to be notarized.
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A veteran health identification card issued by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
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A spoken oath or an affirmation must be administered, and the signer must respond out loud. Silent answers such as a nod of the head are unacceptable.
