The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title X
PUBLIC OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND RECORDS

Chapter 117
NOTARIES PUBLIC

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F.S. 117.105

117.105 False or fraudulent acknowledgments; penalty.—A notary public who falsely or fraudulently takes an acknowledgment of an instrument as a notary public or who falsely or fraudulently makes a certificate as a notary public or who falsely takes or receives an acknowledgment of the signature on a written instrument is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History.—s. 6, ch. 91-291.

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Amendments to 117.105

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 117.105

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S117.105 - FRAUD - NOTARY FALSELY CERTIFY ANY INSTRUMENT - F: T

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

M. ARTEAGA, v. STATE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, REGULATORY COUNCIL OF COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MANAGERS,, 54 So. 3d 599 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)

. . . . § 117.105, Fla. Stat. (2009). . DBPR cited seven cases for the same proposition. . . .

STATE v. SAILER,, 645 So. 2d 1114 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . Section 117.105 provides: A notary public who falsely or fraudulently takes an acknowledgment of an instrument . . . Section 117.105 is written in words easily discernable by persons of common intelligence. . . . Section 117.105 was added by Ch. 91-291, § 6, at 2785, Laws of Florida, effective January 1, 1992. . . . .