Fla. Stat. 92.50
Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments; who may take or administer; requirements


(1)

IN THIS STATE.Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments required or authorized under the laws of this state (except oaths to jurors and witnesses in court and such other oaths, affidavits and acknowledgments as are required by law to be taken or administered by or before particular officers) may be taken or administered by or before any judge, clerk, or deputy clerk of any court of record within this state, including federal courts, or by or before any United States commissioner or any notary public within this state. The jurat, or certificate of proof or acknowledgment, shall be authenticated by the signature and official seal of such officer or person taking or administering the same; however, when taken or administered by or before any judge, clerk, or deputy clerk of a court of record, the seal of such court may be affixed as the seal of such officer or person.

(2)

IN OTHER STATES, TERRITORIES, AND DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES.Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments required or authorized under the laws of this state, may be taken or administered in any other state, territory, or district of the United States, by or before any judge, clerk or deputy clerk of any court of record, within such state, territory, or district, having a seal, or by or before any notary public or justice of the peace, having a seal, in such state, territory, or district; provided, however, such officer or person is authorized under the laws of such state, territory, or district to take or administer oaths, affidavits and acknowledgments. The jurat, or certificate of proof or acknowledgment, shall be authenticated by the signature and official seal of such officer or person taking or administering the same; provided, however, when taken or administered by or before any judge, clerk, or deputy clerk of a court of record, the seal of such court may be affixed as the seal of such officer or person.

(3)

IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments, required or authorized by the laws of this state, may be taken or administered in any foreign country, by or before any judge or justice of a court of last resort, any notary public of such foreign country, any minister, consul general, charge d’affaires, or consul of the United States resident in such country. The jurat, or certificate of proof or acknowledgment, shall be authenticated by the signature and official seal of the officer or person taking or administering the same; provided, however, when taken or administered by or before any judge or justice of a court of last resort, the seal of such court may be affixed as the seal of such judge or justice.

Source: Section 92.50 — Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments; who may take or administer; requirements, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0092.­50 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

92.05
Final judgments and decrees of courts of record
92.06
Judgments and decrees of United States District Courts
92.07
Judgments and decrees of this state
92.08
Deeds and powers of attorney of record for 20 years or more
92.09
Effect of reversal, etc., of judgment or successful attack on deed
92.13
Certified copies of records of certified copies
92.14
United States deeds and patents and copies thereof
92.16
Certificates of Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund respecting the ownership, conveyance of, and other facts in connection with public lands
92.17
Effect of seal of Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund
92.18
Certificate of state officer
92.19
Portions of records
92.20
Certificates issued under authority of Congress
92.21
Certificate as to sanitary condition of buildings
92.23
Rule of evidence in suits on fire policies for loss or damage to building
92.24
Certain tax deeds prima facie evidence of title
92.25
Records destroyed by fire
92.26
Records destroyed by fire
92.27
Records destroyed by fire
92.28
Records destroyed by fire
92.29
Photographic or electronic copies
92.30
Presumption of death
92.31
Missing persons and persons imprisoned or interned in foreign countries
92.32
Official findings and reports
92.33
Written statement concerning injury to person or property
92.38
Comparison of disputed writings
92.39
Evidence of individual’s claim against the state in suits between them
92.40
Reports of building, housing, or health code violations
92.50
Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments
92.51
Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments
92.52
Affirmation equivalent to oath
92.53
Videotaping the testimony of a victim or witness under age 18 or who has an intellectual disability
92.54
Use of closed-circuit television and audio-video communication technology in proceedings involving a victim or witness under the age of 18 or who has an intellectual disability
92.55
Special protections in proceedings involving victim or witness under 18, person with intellectual disability, or sexual offense victim
92.56
Judicial proceedings and court records involving sexual offenses and human trafficking
92.57
Termination of employment of witness prohibited
92.60
Foreign records of regularly conducted business activity
92.70
Eyewitness identification
92.141
Law enforcement employees
92.142
Witnesses
92.143
Compensation to traffic court witnesses
92.151
Witness compensation
92.153
Production of documents by witnesses
92.231
Expert witnesses
92.233
Compensation of witness summoned in two or more criminal cases
92.251
Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act
92.295
Copies of voter registration records
92.351
Prohibition against prisoners submitting nondocumentary physical evidence without authorization of court
92.525
Verification of documents
92.561
Prohibition on reproduction of child pornography
92.565
Admissibility of confession in sexual abuse cases
92.605
Production of certain records by Florida businesses and out-of-state corporations

Current through Fall 2025

§ 92.50. Oaths, affidavits, & acknowledgments; who may take or administer; requirements's source at flsenate​.gov