What St. Petersburg sends me
The requests that come most often from this part of Florida:
- Condo and homeowners association documents.
- Powers of attorney for owners who live part of the year elsewhere.
- Affidavits for insurers, lenders and agencies.
- Property transfers between family members.
- Vehicle paperwork and family declarations.
Worth knowing in St. Petersburg
Pinellas County records its own documents, so a deed signed online still goes to its Clerk of the Circuit Court, where the documentary stamp tax is paid.
Association and condo paperwork often arrives with a deadline attached, which is why an online session that happens this afternoon beats an appointment next week.
Owners who spend half the year up north sign most of their Florida paperwork remotely, and the notarization is still a Florida one wherever they happen to be.
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 St. Petersburg 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 St. Petersburg?
- 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.
- My association wants a notarized form by Friday — is that realistic?
- Usually yes, because an online session often happens the same day, as long as your identification is current and the form is complete.
- Do you come to St. Petersburg?
- No, I travel inside Polk County only, so everything here is handled online, which is generally faster anyway.