Florida Notarial Certificate Wording Pack: Official Forms, Fill-In Certificates and a Mistakes Checklist

Who it is for

Notaries commissioned through the Florida Department of State, notary section, mobile notaries and signing agents working in Florida who want Florida's own certificate wording on hand, ready to fill in when a document arrives without a certificate.

Not the right fit if

You aren't a Florida notary, or you only need to read the wording: it's public law and free on our Florida certificate wording page. This pack doesn't decide which certificate a document needs or replace advice from an attorney.

Why it is different

• Only official sources: 2026 Florida Statutes s. 117.05 (Florida Legislature). No association templates or vendor forms.
• Where Florida has no official form (copy certification, signature witnessing), the pack says so instead of inventing wording. Checked November 2026.
• The wording is public law and free on our Florida page; the pack is the fill-in files, the chart and the checklist.

What is inside

• Which certificate do I use? (Florida). One page: each Florida notarial act, when it's used and where its wording comes from: acknowledgment (individual) (s. 117.05(13)(b), F.S.); acknowledgment (representative capacity) (s. 117.05(13)(c), F.S.); oath or affirmation (jurat) (s. 117.05(13)(a), F.S.). Acts with no official form found are marked so: copy certification, signature witnessing.
• Florida certificate wording reference. Every form word for word with its source and check date. The acknowledgment reads "The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me by means of ☐ physical presence or ☐ online notarization, this ____ day of ________, ____ (year), by ____________ (name of person acknowledging)." and the jurat "Sworn to (or affirmed) and subscribed before me by means of ☐ physical presence or ☐ online notarization, this ____ day of ________, ____ (year), by ____________ (name of person making statement)." Then what a Florida certificate must contain: the certificate states the venue, whether it was an oath or an acknowledgment, whether the signer appeared in person or by audio-video technology, the exact date, the signer's name, the identification relied on (personally known or the type of ID produced), your signature and typed name, and your seal; the seal is a rubber stamp in photographically reproducible black ink with your name, commission expiration date and commission number. Print or stamp your commissioned name below your signature. An embosser may be added but can't replace the rubber stamp on paper; the (13) forms are sufficient when completed with the information chapter 117 requires; other forms are also permitted.
• Fill-in certificates (Word and PDF). Three certificates, one per page, for the acknowledgment (individual), acknowledgment (representative capacity) and oath or affirmation (jurat), with blanks for the venue, date, names and your signature, seal and commission details. Remote acts: Florida builds the remote choice into every form: tick ☐ physical presence or ☐ online notarization. The certificate must show whether the signer appeared in person or by audio-video communication technology.
• Common-mistakes checklist. Five mistakes from 2026 Florida Statutes s. 117.05 (Florida Legislature), among them: leaving both boxes (physical presence, online notarization) unchecked; not stating how you identified the signer: personally known, or the type of identification produced; stamping in a color other than black, or using an embosser alone. Plus a before-you-sign check.