Florida Statute 117.108 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title X
PUBLIC OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND RECORDS

Chapter 117
NOTARIES PUBLIC

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117.108 Validity of acts, seals, and certificates prior to January 1, 1995.—A notarial act performed, a notarial certificate signed, or a notarial seal used by any notary public before January 1, 1995, which would have been valid under the laws in effect in this state on January 1, 1991, is valid.

History.—s. 5, ch. 93-62.

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In Re Hackney, 347 B.R. 432 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2006).

Cited 10 times | Published | United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | 2006 Bankr. LEXIS 1827, 2006 WL 2374245

...Counsel's lack of candor extends to the affidavit he notarized in support of his claim and his Petition. He had a financial interest in the affidavit he notarized, signed by his employee. He was a party to the Motion to Compel at the time he notarized the document. Florida Statute § 117.108(12) precludes a notary from notarizing a document "if the notary public has a financial interest in or is a party to the underlying transaction." The exception for attorneys provided by Section 117.108(12) does not apply....

...nt for a client for whom he or she serves as an attorney of record and he or she has no interest in the document other than the fee paid to him or her for legal services and the fee authorized by law for services as a notary public." FLA. STAT. ANN. § 117.108(12) (2002) (emphasis added).

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