CAN DO'S

1. Become a notary public at the age 18, if you are a resident of Florida. A permanent resident alien of the State of Florida can be appointed as a Notary Public if he files with the application a recorded Declaration of Domicile. The residence required for appointment must be maintained throughout the term of appointment.
2. Perform a marriage ceremony.
3. Act as a notary public anywhere in the State of Florida.

CAN'T DO'S

1. Notarize a document unless the signer personally appears before the Notary Public at the time of notarization.
2. Notarize documents outside the State of Florida.
3. Notarize a signature on a document requiring two signatures unless you write above your signature that you are notarizing the signature of "name of person in your presence signing the document".
4. Notarize a document that has blank spaces therein.
5. Post dates or Antedate any acknowledgment on a document.
6. Notarize a document if the signer is the spouse, son, daughter, mother or father of the Notary Public.
7. The Notary Public has a financial interest in or is a party to the underlying document.
8. Obtain or use a notary commission in other than his or her legal name.
9. Notarize his or her own signature.