What Ocala sends me
The requests that come most often from this part of Florida:
- Bills of sale for horses, livestock and trailers.
- Land and farm documents, including leases.
- Powers of attorney for owners and partners.
- Affidavits for insurers and agricultural programmes.
- Vehicle paperwork and family declarations.
Worth knowing in Ocala
Equine sales run on money and trust in equal measure, and a notarized bill of sale is the cheapest way to make sure nobody remembers the terms differently a year later.
Florida rarely requires a bill of sale to be notarized, so this is usually a choice rather than an obligation, and it is a good one when the amounts are serious.
I cannot draft the bill of sale, though Florida publishes a form for vehicles and vessels, and for a horse or equipment a clearly written description with any identifying number is what matters.
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 Ocala 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 Ocala?
- 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.
- Can you notarize a bill of sale for a horse?
- Yes, because what is notarized is the signature rather than the animal, though the description in the document should be specific enough to identify it.
- Do both buyer and seller need to attend?
- Only those whose signatures are being notarized, and they can join the same session or two separate ones.