What Miramar sends me
The requests that come most often from this part of Florida:
- Powers of attorney for property and inheritance abroad.
- Sworn statements and declarations for foreign offices.
- Documents that need an apostille or consular legalization.
- Travel consent letters and family paperwork.
- Company documents for small businesses.
Worth knowing in Miramar
Not every destination is part of the Hague Apostille Convention, and that single fact changes the whole route, because non-member countries need consular legalization instead of an apostille.
So the first thing to find out is whether your destination is a member, and I will tell you which route yours takes before anything is filed or paid for.
Documents drafted in a language other than English or Spanish can still be notarized, though for a translation you would need someone who works in that language.
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 Miramar 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 Miramar?
- 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.
- How do I know if my country needs an apostille?
- Tell me the country and I will say which route applies, because members of the Hague Convention take an apostille while the rest need consular legalization.
- Can the document be in another language?
- Yes, since the notarization is about the signature rather than the text, though the notarial certificate goes in English as Florida requires.