{"id":"AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-047","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Florida (Legislature) - permanent statute, context","state":"FL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS","eco":"","issuer":"Florida Legislature; approved by Governor Ron DeSantis June 7, 2019","authority":"Fla. Const. art. III","instrument":"Chapter 2019-71, Laws of Florida","title":"An act relating to electronic legal documents;... authorizing online notarizations","dateIssued":"2019-06-07","effective":"2020-01-01 (\u0027this act shall take effect January 1, 2020\u0027)","end":"Permanent","startDate":"2020-01-01","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["online notaries public","RON service providers","parties to notarized documents"],"clause":"..authorizing online notarizations; providing an exception;... creating s. 117.225, F.S.; specifying... electronic journals of online notarizations and certain audio-video communications... except for this section, which shall take effect upon becoming a law, this act shall take effect January 1, 2020. Approved by the Governor June 7, 2019.","enforcement":"Statute; Department of State registration of online notaries","functions":["CL closings (context: Florida needed no emergency order because online notarization was already lawful when offices closed)","OF","FI"],"notes":"Context instrument: it shows the pre-existing legal baseline in a State that did not issue an emergency remote-notarization order, and the contrast with the twenty-plus States that had to suspend their notary statutes by executive order.","sourceUrl":"http://laws.flrules.org/2019/71","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":270479,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-047","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-047","citation":"Florida Legislature; approved by Governor Ron DeSantis June 7, 2019, Chapter 2019-71, Laws of Florida (June 7, 2019) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-047)","stateName":"Florida","related":[]}