Can my husband be a witness to something I am notarizing? — F.A., Florida
Your husband may sign as a witness on a document that you are notarizing, provided the document does not require the witness’s signature to be notarized as well. Florida Notaries are prohibited from notarizing for their spouse, mother, father, son or daughter. (FS 117.107 [11])
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