117.05 Use of notary commission; unlawful use; notary fee; seal; duties; employer liability; name change; advertising; photocopies; penalties.—
(2)(a) The fee of a notary public may not exceed $10 for any one notarial act, except as provided in s. 117.045.
117.045 Marriages.—A
notary public is authorized to solemnize the rites of matrimony. For
solemnizing the rites of matrimony, the fee of a notary public may not
exceed those provided by law to the clerks of the circuit court for like
services.
The only forms of identification that are acceptable pursuant to Florida Statutes are:
117.05 Use of notary commission; unlawful use; notary fee; seal; duties; employer liability; name change; advertising; photocopies; penalties.—
(5)
(b)
2. Reasonable reliance on the presentation to the notary public of any one of the following forms of identification, if the document is current or has been issued within the past 5 years and bears a serial or other identifying number:
History.—s. 4, ch. 98-246.
28.24 Service charges.—The
clerk of the circuit court shall charge for services rendered manually
or electronically by the clerk’s office in recording documents and
instruments and in performing other specified duties. These charges may
not exceed those specified in this section, except as provided in s. 28.345.
(24) For solemnizing matrimony..........30.00
117.05 Use of notary commission; unlawful use; notary fee; seal; duties; employer liability; name change; advertising; photocopies; penalties.—
(5)
(b)
2. Reasonable reliance on the presentation to the notary public of any one of the following forms of identification, if the document is current or has been issued within the past 5 years and bears a serial or other identifying number:
a. A Florida identification card or driver license issued by the public agency authorized to issue driver licenses;
b. A passport issued by the Department of State of the United States;
c. A
passport issued by a foreign government if the document is stamped by
the United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services;
d. A
driver license or an identification card issued by a public agency
authorized to issue driver licenses in a state other than Florida, a
territory of the United States, or Canada or Mexico;
e. An identification card issued by any branch of the armed forces of the United States;
f. A veteran health identification card issued by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs;
g. An
inmate identification card issued on or after January 1, 1991, by the
Florida Department of Corrections for an inmate who is in the custody of
the department;
h. An
inmate identification card issued by the United States Department of
Justice, Bureau of Prisons, for an inmate who is in the custody of the
department;
i. A
sworn, written statement from a sworn law enforcement officer that the
forms of identification for an inmate in an institution of confinement
were confiscated upon confinement and that the person named in the
document is the person whose signature is to be notarized; or
j. An identification card issued by the United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services.
