Florida Statutes
Fla. Stat. § 695.09 (2025)
Identity of grantor.
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695.09 Identity of grantor.—No acknowledgment or proof shall be taken, except as set forth in s. 695.03(3), by any officer within or without the United States unless the officer knows, or has satisfactory proof, that the person making the acknowledgment is the individual described in, and who executed, such instrument or that the person offering to make proof is one of the subscribing witnesses to such instrument.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1978–2021 · leading case: Walker v. City of Jacksonville, 360 So. 2d 52 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978).
Walker v. City of Jacksonville, 360 So. 2d 52 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978). “(See F.S. 695.09) The mere existence of an acknowledgment on an instrument can therefore raise no presumption that the notary was a witness, nor is the mere existence of the acknowledgment proof thereof.”
Pope v. Carrington Mortg. Servs., LLC (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2021). “Next, § 695.09 of the Florida Statutes, requires the notary to either know the signatory or receive proof of the signatory’s identity, requiring: No acknowledgment or proof shall be taken .”
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