Florida Statute 117.04 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title X
PUBLIC OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND RECORDS

Chapter 117
NOTARIES PUBLIC

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117.04 Acknowledgments.—A notary public is authorized to take the acknowledgments of deeds and other instruments of writing for record, as fully as other officers of this state.

History.—s. 2, ch. 1127, 1860; RS 220; GS 305; RGS 416; CGL 482; s. 20, ch. 73-334; s. 8, ch. 81-260; s. 3, ch. 91-291; s. 3, ch. 93-62; s. 3, ch. 98-246.

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1991).

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...91-291, Laws of Florida, provides that a notary public may not notarize a signature on a document if "[t]he person whose signature is to be notarized is related to the notary public by blood or marriage." Chapter 91-291, Laws of Florida, takes effect January 1, 1992. 1 Section 117.04 , F.S., as amended by s....

...117.05 (6)(d), F.S., as amended, would not appear to be applicable. Therefore, I am of the opinion that s. 117.05 (6)(d), F.S., as amended by s. 4, CH. 91-291, Laws of Florida, effective January 1, 1992, does not prohibit a notary public from solemnizing the rites of matrimony pursuant to s. 117.04 , F.S., as amended by s....

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