Frequently Asked Questions

Kissimmee Notary Public  is a professional notary service that provides a range of notary public services to its clients.

Kissimmee Notary Public  offers a range of notary public services, including notarizing documents, administering oaths and affirmations, and certifying copies of documents.

Kissimmee Notary Public  can notarize a wide range of documents, including affidavits, powers of attorney, deeds, contracts, and many others. Please contact us if you have any questions about a specific document.

• According to  Chapter 117, F.S., copies of public records, such as the records listed below, CANNOT be attested to by a Florida Notary Public:
  
  • Any document for which photocopying is prohibited
  • Birth Certificate
  • Certificate of Citizenship or Naturalization
  • Death Certificate
  • Documents filed in a court proceeding
  • Documents recorded by the Clerk of the Court
  • Federal or state income tax forms, already filed
  • Marriage Certificate
  • Professional licenses issued by the State of Florida
  • Public records maintained in government offices
  • Student records (transcripts, etc.) kept in public education officesnswer to this item.

 117.107 Prohibited acts.—

(1) A notary public may not use a name or initial in signing certificates other than that by which the notary public is commissioned.

(2) A notary public may not sign notarial certificates using a facsimile signature stamp unless the notary public has a physical disability that limits or prohibits his or her ability to make a written signature and unless the notary public has first submitted written notice to the Department of State with an exemplar of the facsimile signature stamp.

(3) A notary public may not affix his or her signature to a blank form of affidavit or certificate of acknowledgment and deliver that form to another person with the intent that it be used as an affidavit or acknowledgment.

(4) A notary public may not take the acknowledgment of or administer an oath to a person whom the notary public actually knows to have been adjudicated mentally incapacitated by a court of competent jurisdiction, where the acknowledgment or oath necessitates the exercise of a right that has been removed pursuant to s. 744.3215(2) or (3), and where the person has not been restored to capacity as a matter of record.

(5) A notary public may not notarize a signature on a document if it appears that the person is mentally incapable of understanding the nature and effect of the document at the time of notarization.

(6) A notary public may not take the acknowledgment of a person who does not speak or understand the English language, unless the nature and effect of the instrument to be notarized is translated into a language which the person does understand.

(7) A notary public may not change anything in a written instrument after it has been signed by anyone.

(8) A notary public may not amend a notarial certificate after the notarization is complete.

(9) A notary public may not notarize a signature on a document if the person whose signature is being notarized is not in the presence of the notary public at the time the signature is notarized. Any notary public who violates this subsection is guilty of a civil infraction, punishable by penalty not exceeding $5,000, and such violation constitutes malfeasance and misfeasance in the conduct of official duties. It is no defense to the civil infraction specified in this subsection that the notary public acted without intent to defraud. A notary public who violates this subsection with the intent to defraud is guilty of violating s. 117.105.

(10) A notary public may not notarize a signature on a document if the document is incomplete or blank. However, an endorsement or assignment in blank of a negotiable or nonnegotiable note and the assignment in blank of any instrument given as security for such note is not deemed incomplete.

(11) A notary public may not notarize a signature on a document if the person whose signature is to be notarized is the spouse, son, daughter, mother, or father of the notary public.

(12) A notary public may not notarize a signature on a document if the notary public has a financial interest in or is a party to the underlying transaction; however, a notary public who is an employee may notarize a signature for his or her employer, and this employment does not constitute a financial interest in the transaction nor make the notary a party to the transaction under this subsection as long as he or she does not receive a benefit other than his or her salary and the fee for services as a notary public authorized by law. For purposes of this subsection, a notary public who is an attorney does not have a financial interest in and is not a party to the underlying transaction evidenced by a notarized document if he or she notarizes a signature on that document for a client for whom he or she serves as an attorney of record and he or she has no interest in the document other than the fee paid to him or her for legal services and the fee authorized by law for services as a notary public.

Yes, but the notary must indicate the correct venue (State of Florida, County of ____) where the notarization occurred and complete a proper notarial certificate with all the requirements of the Florida notary law. This may mean that you have to revise the form, particularly it if was prepared under the laws of another state. Additions or corrections should be made by striking through any incorrect information and adding the correct information before completing the notarization.

The Florida notary public may rely on any of the following ten forms of identification if the identification has been issued within the past five years and bears a serial or other identifying number, or is current (whichever is longer):

1. A Florida identification card or driver license issued by the public agency authorized to issue driver licenses
2. A passport issued by the Department of State
3. A passport issued by a foreign government if the document is stamped by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service
4. A driver license or an identification card issued by a public agency authorized to issue driver licenses in a state other than Florida or in a territory of the United States, or Canada or Mexico
5. An identification card issued by any branch of the armed forces of the United States
6. A veteran health identification card issued by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
7. An inmate identification card issued on or after January 1, 1991, by the Florida Department of Corrections for an inmate who is in the custody of the department
8. An inmate identification card issued by the United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons, for an inmate who is in the custody of the department
9. A sworn, written statement from a sworn law enforcement officer that the forms of identification for an inmate in an institution of confinement were confiscated upon confinement and that the person named in the document is the person whose signature is to be notarized
10. An identification card issued by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service

Note: In the case of a remote online notarization, the online notary public shall comply with the identification requirements set forth in part II of Chapter 117

Florida Statute 117.05(5)

Florida notaries public may notarize a signature on a document if they personally know the signer. The term “personally knows” means having an acquaintance, derived from association with the individual, which establishes the individual’s identity with at least a reasonable certainty. Be cautious when considering the use of this form of identification.

In the event that your signer does not own acceptable identification and you do not have personal knowledge of their identity, the state authorizes an alternative called credible witness identification, using either a Single Credible Witness Affidavit or a Double Credible Witness Affidavit two alternatives; that is, using one of two sworn written statements of “credible witnesses.” First, the notary should put the credible witness(es) under oath and execute the correct affidavit, either the Single Credible Witness Affidavit or the Double Credible Witness Affidavit, depending on the following circumstances:

• One credible witness is required when that person is known to both the signer and the notary
• Two credible witnesses are required when neither one is known by the notary, but whose identities are proven to the notary public upon the presentation of satisfactory evidence

Credible witnesses are swearing that each of following is true:

1. That the person who signature is to be notarized is the person named in the document
2. That the person whose signature is to be notarized is personally known to the witnesses
3. That it is the reasonable belief of the witnesses that the circumstances of the person whose signature is to be notarized are such that it would be very difficult or impossible for that person to obtain another acceptable form of identification
4. That it is the reasonable belief of the witnesses that the person whose signature is to be notarized does not possess any of the forms of identification specified above
5. That the witnesses do not have a financial interest in nor are parties to the underlying transaction

NO.