What Polk County sends me
The requests that come most often from this part of Florida:
- Mobile visits to homes, offices, hospitals and care facilities.
- Loan signings and real estate closings.
- Powers of attorney, deeds and estate documents.
- Wedding ceremonies anywhere in the county.
- Online sessions when travel is unnecessary.
Worth knowing in Polk County
I travel across the county: Lakeland, Winter Haven, Bartow, Auburndale, Lake Wales, Haines City and the towns in between, including evenings and weekends.
Bartow is the county seat, so deeds and filings are recorded there with the Clerk of the Circuit Court, and that is also where the documentary stamp tax is paid.
Wedding ceremonies are the one service that has to be in person, and Polk is where I officiate them.
How an online session works
You book a time, and I send a secure link, usually for the same day or the next, and the platform then checks your identification and asks a few questions drawn from public records, before we meet on video, where I confirm you understand what you are signing and that nobody is pressuring you.
You sign electronically, I complete the notarial certificate, and you download the finished document with its seal and audit trail, all of which normally takes about fifteen minutes.
What you need
- A phone, tablet or computer with a camera and microphone.
- A current, government-issued photo ID.
- The document, complete and unsigned.
- Confirmation from the office receiving it that they accept an electronic notarization.
In person, honestly
I am based in Lakeland and travel inside Polk County, so I do not drive to Polk County for a signing, so if your document has to be signed on paper in front of a notary, look for a mobile notary there, and if it can be done online, we can start today.
Frequently asked questions
- Do you travel to Polk County?
- No, I travel inside Polk County only, and everything else is done in an online session, which is valid across Florida and carries the same legal weight as signing in person.
- Is an online notarization valid here?
- Yes, Florida authorized remote online notarization in 2020, and a document notarized this way has the same effect as one notarized across a desk, though the office receiving it can still ask for paper.
- Do you really come to the house?
- Yes, anywhere in Polk County, including hospitals and care facilities, which get priority when the schedule allows.
- Is a mobile visit more expensive than online?
- There is a travel fee on top of the notarial act, agreed before I set out, which is why for a single simple document an online session is often cheaper.