A notary public is only authorized to notarize a signature on a document if he or she personally knows, or has satisfactory evidence, that the person whose signature is to be notarized is the individual who is described in and is actually signing the document. After July 1, 2017, a veteran health identification card issued by the United States Department of Veteran's Affairs will be considered satisfactory evidence.

Effective July , 1027, acceptable forms of identification will be:

A Florida identification card or driver license issued by the public agency authorized to issue driver licenses;
b. A passport issued by the Department of State of the United States;
c. A passport issued by a foreign government if the document is stamped by the United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services;
d. A driver license or an identification card issued by a public agency authorized to issue driver licenses in a state other than Florida, a territory of the United States, or Canada or Mexico;
e. An identification card issued by any branch of the armed forces of the United States;
f.    A veteran health identification card issued by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (effective July 1, 2017);

g. An inmate identification card issued on or after January 1, 1991, by the Florida Department of Corrections for an inmate who is in the custody of the department;
h. An inmate identification card issued by the United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons, for an inmate who is in the custody of the department;
i. A sworn, written statement from a sworn law enforcement officer that the forms of identification for an inmate in an institution of confinement were confiscated upon confinement and that the person named in the document is the person whose signature is to be notarized; or
j. An identification card issued by the United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services.

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