Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...ruth of a statement before a notary for the purpose of obtaining a certificate of title for a motor vehicle. Judge Zehmer's analysis in Nessmith v. State, 472 So.2d 1248 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985) [3] is instructive on this issue: With respect to notaries, Section 117.03(2), Florida Statutes, provides that "any person making a false oath before a notary public shall be guilty of perjury and be subject to the penalties, forfeitures, and disabilities that are prescribed by law in cases of perjury under c...

...under oath. The position and duties of "official court reporters" is established by sections 29.01 and 29.02, Florida Statutes, but there is no reference or authority concerning the taking of depositions in those sections. With respect to notaries, section 117.03(2), Florida Statutes, provides that "any person making a false oath before a notary public shall be guilty of perjury and be subject to the penalties, forfeitures, and disabilities that are prescribed by law in cases of perjury under c...

...ade as to the circumstances under which the sworn petition filed in this. Court was executed by the petitioner, and if, upon such inquiry, the Attorney General finds reasonable cause to believe that the petitioner has been guilty of the violation-of section 117.03, Florida Statutes 1951, F.S.A., or of any other statute of this state-relating to false swearing or perjury, that he recommend to the proper prosecuting *692 officers having jurisdiction in the premises that appropriate criminal proceedings be instituted against the petitioner....

...If a notary public administers the oath, the notary's jurat or certificate of administration of the oath must be in correct form. See, e.g., § 117.05(16)(a), Fla. Stat. A notary public’s certificate of acknowledgment of execution in lieu of an oath is insufficient. § 117.03, Fla.Stat....