Florida law provides that a Florida notary public may charge up to $10 for performing any one notarial act under Part I of Chapter 117, Florida Statutes, excluding marriages. Notarial acts listed under Part I, for which a notary may charge up to $10, include the taking of acknowledgments, administering oaths, and the attestation of …
The most basic task of the notary public, which underlies all other processes and procedures, is to identify properly the signer of a document. The validity of the notarization hangs on whether or not the person who signed is actually the person who is named in a document. Hence, proper identification is key, and the …
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I’ve had this question come up twice in the past couple of weeks, so I thought it would probably make for an interesting article. As notaries, we are approached to notarize documents for a number of different reasons. Depending on where you are located, you may have a rather large population of people who speak …
Solemnizing marriage is one of the honors of a notary public in Florida, as well as in South Carolina, Maine, and Nevada (if the notary is specially licensed by the county clerk). The solemnization of a marriage is the formal ceremony which unites a couple in legal marriage. The ceremony isn’t just for show – …
