Fees
The fee for this service is $10 per signature.
Clerk’s Office Notary Services
- The Seminole County Clerk of Court and Comptroller’s Office has a limited number of employees who are commissioned as Florida notaries.
- Employee notaries will only be allowed to notarize documents that are being filed in a case, or documents that are appropriate for recording into the Official Records.
- If you have a document you need notarized that is not for official court-related business, please check the yellow pages for a listing of private notaries. In addition, many banks, insurance firms, law firms, and real estate offices have notaries available.
Notary Locations and Hours
It is the policy of the Clerk’s Office, that these employee notaries are limited to providing notary services during business hours, as available.
Please call 407-665-4300, to confirm a notary will be available during the time you plan on visiting the Clerk’s Office for the intended location.
Requirements
- The parties whose signatures are to be notarized must come into the Clerk’s Office in person.
- Must have a current government-issued photo ID.
- Must be at least 18 years of age.
- Must show the notary that they understand what they are signing and must be signing the document of their own free will.
- The notary must actually witness the signing of the document.
- The document being signed cannot contain any blank information. If the information cannot be filled in, then “N/A” must be written in those fields.
Documents not Authorized to be Notarized by a Clerk
- Last Wills and Testaments
- Documents written in a language foreign to the notary
- Any document that appears to be incomplete
- Notarial or Apostille Certifications
Additional Information
How to locate a Commissioned Notary in Florida: Try the State’s search tool here.
What Florida State Statutes refer to Notary Commissions and Public Notaries: click here.
Federal Apostille Authentications for foreign apostille certifications: Go to the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Office of Authentications’ site here.
