Florida Notary Online Course

Would you like to use your professional time more efficiently? Is your notary business in decline? Are you looking for a way to grow your clientele exponentially? Then Ronary is here to help!

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Becoming a remote online Notary and joining a RON platform can help your business grow. Your customer base is no longer limited to Florida residents when you're an online Notary.

You may notarize for signers outside of the state border or anywhere else as long as you're physically located in Florida at the time of notarization.

How to become online notary in Florida:

1

Be An Active Notary Public In Florida.

Only currently active notaries are eligible to register to become an online notary. If you do not know your current status, click here to check

2

Complete 2-Hour Online Course

Notary public must complete an approved online educational training course and receive a Certificate of Completion.

The Ronary Online Course is fully compliant with the state laws and regulations and the Certificate of Completion is approved by the Florida Department of State. To get more information click here

Please click here to watch Online Module from Ronary Course for Free

3

Upgrade your Surety Bond and Get Errors and Omission (E/O) insurance policy

Florida notaries are required to purchase a surety bond and errors and omission (E/O) insurance policy in the amount of $25,000 each from an insurer authorized to transact business in Florida.

  • $25,000 Notary Bond

Florida Notaries who already have a $7,500 surety bond for their traditional Notary commissions must increase the bond to $25,000. Please contact your surety company to update the coverage amount.

If your existing Notary bond already meets those requirements, then you do not need to purchase separate or additional coverage!

  • $25,000 E/O Insurance Policy

Here is the list of insurers authorised to transact business in Florida so you can contact with them to get the policy.

An E&O insurance policy protects you from potential errors or omissions that may be made during notarizations.

Once you receive the documents for your new bond and insurance policy, print them out and keep them with your RON Certificate of Completion of educational course, as you’ll need them for the final step!

4

Choose a RON Service Provider and include Online Notary Public information form along with the Registration form.

You are required to contract RON platform that will provide you with the technological support needed to perform online notarizations such as audio-video communication technology and processes for credential analysis and identity-proofing. To learn more please click here.

Ronary offers ready-to-use RON platform for free. That way you will get familiar with the Ronary App and online notarization process.To watch a quick video click here.

Fill out the Florida Department of State registration form and submit it with supported documents.

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Once you’ve completed the application, you’ll need to sign and notarize it. Please indicate RON Service Provider in the registration form.

Download and complete Online Notary Public:
Require Information form to submit along with the rest of the documents.

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5

Mail the complete package to the Florida Department of State.

Mail the complete package to the Florida Department of State.

Package should include :

  • Application Registration for Online Notary Public (signed and notarized)
  • Online Notary Public: Required Information form
  • $10 state registration fee by check
  • Online Course Certificate of Completion
  • Evidence of your Florida Surety Bond
  • Evidence of your Errors and Omission policy
  • Copy of your commission or appointment as a Notary Public.

And mailed it to the Florida Department of State:
Florida Department
of State, Division of Corporations ATTN: Notaries PO Box 6327
Tallahassee, FL 32314

Approval Time.

It can take up to 2 weeks for the RON application to be processed. You will get a letter from the Florida Department of State with an official recorded copy of your approved Florida online notary application and Certificate in your name. Keep this with your RON records.

You’re almost done!

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Get a Digital Certificate

While you are waiting for your application to get approved you can get a Digital Certificate.

A notary public is required to have and use an identity-based digital certificate to digitally sign and seal each notarized document.

RONARY has partnered up with the industry leader IdenTrust to provide you with the necessary certificate to carry out your notarization process.

  • Step-by-step video on how to acquire certificate from the IdenTrust website
  • Step-by-step video on how to retrieve certificate from the IdenTrust website

It usually takes 1-2 days to get the Certificate.

Now you are done and you can start notarizing online!

To get familiar with the Ronary App, check out this demo video. click here

Schedule an on-boarding session with one of our team specialists who will guide you step by step on how to use the Ronary App and get familiar with the Online Notarization Process