Notary in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Remote Online Notarization (RON) reaches any signer in Florida, including everyone in Fort Lauderdale. For documents that need a live signer in front of me, I travel in person across Broward County and the rest of South Florida.
Yes — EMC notarizes documents for Fort Lauderdale signers two ways. Remote Online Notarization (RON) is available statewide, anywhere in Florida, by live video, and is the faster option for most document types. In-person mobile notary is available for Fort Lauderdale and the rest of Broward County when a document legally requires a signer physically present, such as a vehicle VIN verification.
Notary service around Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale sits in Broward County, near Las Olas Boulevard, the Riverwalk, Himmarshee Village, Victoria Park, and the canal network locals call the "Venice of America". Most sessions are either a RON video appointment or an in-person visit to a home, office, hospital room, or title company.
Fort Lauderdale: the Broward County seat, plus Port Everglades
Fort Lauderdale is the Broward County seat, and Broward's own Records, Taxes and Treasury Division sits downtown — closer to home for a Fort Lauderdale filer than it is for someone in Parkland or Deerfield Beach.
Port Everglades brings a category of booking the other six cities rarely see: marine bills of sale and vessel-related powers of attorney, alongside title-company closings and business-formation notarizations common along Las Olas Boulevard and the Riverwalk.
RON: available statewide, not just in South Florida
Remote Online Notarization is authorized under Florida law (F.S. Chapter 117, Part II) for any signer physically located in Florida, not only Fort Lauderdale or Broward County. If you or the other signer are traveling outside the state at signing time, tell us before booking — Florida's RON law generally requires the principal signer to be in Florida (with limited exceptions), so location can affect which option applies.
In-person mobile notary in Fort Lauderdale
In-person appointments cover documents that need a physically present signer or witness — a vehicle VIN verification, some estate signings a family wants done in one room together, or a signer who simply prefers not to use a webcam. Travel is billed as its own itemized line, never folded into the notarization fee.
- The notarial act itself is capped at $10 per signature under Florida law (F.S. §117.05(2)), billed as its own line, separate from travel.
- Travel: First 20 miles at the standard mileage rate ($0.725/mile, the 2026 IRS business rate): a $14.50 minimum. Each additional mile beyond 20 is billed at double the standard rate ($1.45/mile). Most Fort Lauderdale appointments, and trips to neighboring Parkland or Miami, fall inside or near the 20-mile minimum; farther addresses are billed per mile beyond that on the same invoice line.
Recording a signed document from Fort Lauderdale
Notarizing a document and recording it with the county are two separate steps. If your Fort Lauderdale signing (a deed, POA affecting real property, or Declaration of Domicile) needs to be recorded, the filing goes to the Broward County Records, Taxes and Treasury Division, at 115 S. Andrews Avenue, Room 114, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301. Recording is a submission you, your attorney, or your title company makes directly to that office — I don't file it on your behalf as part of the notarization. The Clerk of the Circuit Court's own counter service in Fort Lauderdale charges $10.00 per acknowledgment for walk-in notarizations (Fla. Stat. §117.05(2)) — separate from, but the same statutory rate as, EMC's mobile in-person notarization.
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Frequently asked questions
Does EMC notarize marine bills of sale near Port Everglades?
Yes — vessel bills of sale and marine-related powers of attorney come up in Fort Lauderdale far more than in the other six cities, given Port Everglades, alongside standard title-company closings and business-formation notarizations along Las Olas Boulevard.
Can I get a document notarized at the Broward County Clerk's counter in Fort Lauderdale instead?
The Clerk of the Circuit Court's own counter service charges $10.00 per acknowledgment under Fla. Stat. §117.05(2) for walk-in notarizations, separate from EMC's mobile or RON service. I travel to you instead of you traveling downtown; the $10.00 statutory cap on the act itself is the same either way.
What does a notarization cost in Fort Lauderdale?
$10 per signature for an in-person notarial act, $25 per signature by Remote Online Notarization (F.S. §117.275). Travel for an in-person Fort Lauderdale appointment is itemized separately: First 20 miles at the standard mileage rate ($0.725/mile, the 2026 IRS business rate): a $14.50 minimum. Each additional mile beyond 20 is billed at double the standard rate ($1.45/mile).
Can Fort Lauderdale signers use RON instead of driving downtown?
Yes — Remote Online Notarization is available statewide, so a Fort Lauderdale signer can complete a session by video without visiting a courthouse or title office in person.
Which nearby cities does EMC also cover from Fort Lauderdale?
Parkland (Broward County) and Miami (Miami-Dade County) are the closest covered here. In-person mobile notary covers South Florida broadly; RON covers any signer in Florida.