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New Resources for Florida Notaries 📄
Attached you'll find a full set of Florida Loose Notarial Certificates in PDF, ready for you to keep on hand whenever you need them.
Please note these certificates are specific to Florida notaries and follow Florida statutory language.
Included:
✅ Florida Individual Acknowledgment
✅ Florida Jurat
✅ Credible Witness Affidavit
✅ Copy Certification
✅ Corporate Acknowledgment
✅ Partnership Acknowledgment
✅ Attorney in Fact Acknowledgment
✅ Trustee/Public Officer Representative Acknowledgment
✅ Certificates for Signature by Mark
✅ Certificates for Signers with Disabilities
Why is it sometimes necessary to attach a loose certificate?
In real signing situations, you may run into documents where the notarial certificate doesn't meet Florida requirements, is incomplete, has errors, or is simply missing. In those cases, attaching a loose certificate is the correct way to properly notarize without altering the original document.
⚠️ Important: even though you have these certificates ready, NEVER attach one on your own without first consulting the company that hired you for that signing (signing service, title company, or escrow officer).
Here's why this matters: attaching a loose certificate adds an extra page to the document, and recording fees are charged per page. The title company or attorney has already budgeted and quoted those recording costs ahead of time, so an unauthorized extra page creates an unexpected expense and a real problem for them at closing.
The rule is simple: keep the resource ready, spot the issue at the table, and call before you act.
Hope this helps you all show up more prepared at every signing 🙌
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