Sample Notarial Statements as of January 1, 2020
Pursuant to Section 117.05(13)(a), Florida Statutes, the following notarial certificate is sufficient for an oath or affirmation:
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF ________
Sworn to (or affirmed) and subscribed before me by means of [_ ] physical presence or [_ ] online notarization, this (numeric date) this (numeric date) day of (month), (year), by (name of person making statement)..
| (NOTARY SEAL) | (Signature of Notary Public-State of Florida) (Name of Notary Typed, Printed, or Stamped) |
Pursuant to Section 117.05(13)(a), Florida Statutes, the following notarial certificates is sufficient for an acknowledgment in an individual capacity.
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF ________
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this _____day of _____, 20___, by (name of person acknowledging).
| (NOTARY SEAL) | (Signature of Notary Public-State of Florida) (Name of Notary Typed, Printed, or Stamped) |
Pursuant to Section 117.05(13)(a), Florida Statutes, the following notarial certificates is sufficient for an acknowledgment in a representative capacity:
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF ________
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me by means of [_] physical presence or [_] online notarization this (numeric date) day of (month), (year), by (name of person) as (type of authority, e.g. officer, trustee, attorney in fact) for (name of party on behalf of whom instrument was executed)..
| (NOTARY SEAL) | (Signature of Notary Public-State of Florida) (Name of Notary Typed, Printed, or Stamped) |
Pursuant to Section 117.05(12)(b), Florida Statutes, a notary public must use a certificate in substantially the following form in notarizing an attested copy:.
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF ________
On this (numeric date) day of (month), (year), I attest that the preceding or attached document is a true, exact, complete, and unaltered photocopy made by me of (description of document) presented to me by the document custodian, (custodian name), and, to the best of my knowledge, that the photocopied document is neither a vital record nor a public record, certified copies of which are available from an official source other than a notary public.
| (NOTARY SEAL) | (Official Notary Signature and Notary Seal)) (Name of Notary Typed, Printed, or Stamped) |
A notary public may supervise the making of a tangible or an electronic record or the printing of an electronic record and attest to the trueness of the copy or of the printout, provided the document is neither a vital record in this state, another state, a territory of the United States, or another country, nor a public record, if a copy can be made by the custodian of the public record. Fla. Stat.117.05(12)(a). Pursuant to Section 117.05(12)(b), Florida Statutes, a notary public must use a certificate in substantially the following form in notarizing an attested copy:
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF ________
On this (numeric date) day of (month), (year), I attest that the preceding or attached document is a true, exact, complete, and unaltered photocopy made by me of (description of document) presented to me by the document custodian, (custodian name), and, to the best of my knowledge, that the photocopied document is neither a vital record nor a public record, certified copies of which are available from an official source other than a notary public.
| (NOTARY SEAL) | (Official Notary Signature and Notary Seal)) (Name of Notary Typed, Printed, or Stamped) |
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF ________
On this _____day of _____, 20___, I attest that the preceding or attached document is a true, exact, complete, and unaltered photocopy made by me of (description of document) presented to me by the document's custodian, ______________________________, and, to the best of my knowledge, that the photocopied document is neither a public record nor a publicly recordable document, certified copies of which are available from an official source other than a notary public.
| (NOTARY SEAL) | (Official Notary Signature) (Name of Notary Typed, Printed, or Stamped) |