FL Notary can now accept Veteran’s Medical ID card for Notarization.

The Florida Legislature passed and then Governor Scott signed into law on May 9, 2017, that a veteran health identification card will be an acceptable form of identification for a Florida notary effective July 1, 2017.

As of July 1, 2017, a Veteran’s Medical ID card will be considered an acceptable form of identification for the purpose of notarization in the state of Florida. Florida Chapter 2017-17, House Bill No. 401 will put this into law.

Other acceptable forms of ID for Notarization in Florida are:

A Florida identification card or driver license issued by the public agency authorized to issue driver licenses;

A passport issued by the Department of State of the United States;

A passport issued by a foreign government if the document is stamped y the United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services;

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;

An identification card issued by any branch of the armed forces of the United States;

A veteran health identification card issued by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs;

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;

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.