What Broward County sends me
The requests that come most often from this part of Florida:
- Vessel titles, bills of sale and powers of attorney for boats.
- Travel consent letters and family documents.
- Powers of attorney for property in Latin America and Europe.
- Deeds and property paperwork for the county Clerk.
- Company and shareholder documents.
Worth knowing in Broward County
Documents recorded in Broward go to its own Clerk of the Circuit Court, not Miami-Dade's, which matters when a family owns property in both counties.
Vessel paperwork is common across the county, and Florida's vehicle power of attorney form covers vessels as well as cars and mobile homes.
With large Caribbean and South American communities here, the apostille question comes up constantly, and the answer depends entirely on whether the destination is a Hague Convention member.
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 Broward 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 Broward 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.
- We own property in both Broward and Miami-Dade — does that complicate things?
- Not for the notarization, though each deed is recorded with the Clerk of the county where that property sits.
- Can you handle a boat sale?
- Yes for the signatures on the title, bill of sale or power of attorney, though check the tax collector's requirements for your transaction.