{"asOf":"2026-09-05","sku":"ssdf-ron-atlas","merchant":"SSDF INC","disclaimer":"Licensed snapshot of Florida RON clerks. SSDF is not a notary, not an online notary, and not a RON service provider. Confirm providers on the DOS list. Clerks do not endorse vendors.","live":{"human":"/ron","index":"/api/ron","card":"/api/ron/{slug}"},"hardRules":["The Florida Department of State is the clerk for online notaries and RON service providers. The county recorder is a different clerk.","SSDF is not a notary, not an online notary, and not a RON service provider. SSDF does not witness, does not journal, and does not store audio-video.","A person may not require a Florida online notary to use a particular RON provider, except the notary's employer. Fla. Stat. §117.265(5).","RON provider fees are not closing services under Fla. Stat. §627.7711. The $25 cap in §117.275 is the notarial act, not the platform.","A Passport over this atlas attests that a buyer paid the file. It is not a notarial certificate and not a RON journal entry."],"clerks":[{"id":"dos","title":"Florida Department of State","kicker":"The clerk","body":"Registers online notaries under Fla. Stat. §117.225, publishes the online-notary list, and takes RON provider self-certifications under Rule 1N-7, F.A.C. Same department as Sunbiz. Different surface.","url":"https://dos.fl.gov/sunbiz/other-services/notaries/"},{"id":"online-notary-search","title":"Online notary search","kicker":"Who is commissioned to RON","body":"DOS publishes each online notary, the RON providers used from 1 Jan 2022, effective dates, and any secure repository delegation under §117.245(4).","url":"https://online-notary.sunbiz.org/"},{"id":"provider-search","title":"RON service provider search","kicker":"Who self-certified this year","body":"Providers file DS-DOC-51 annually. Certification is active for one year from filing. Confirm the current filing date on the clerk site — this atlas does not endorse a vendor.","url":"https://online-notary.sunbiz.org/ServiceProviders?handler=search"},{"id":"county-recorder","title":"County recorder","kicker":"A different clerk","body":"URPERA recording still runs through the county clerk's listed eRecording vendors. A RON certificate on an instrument is not the recording. Sit this atlas next to Clerk Atlas.","url":"/clerk"}],"fees":[{"id":"wet","label":"Wet / in-person notarial act","amount":"10.00","cite":"Fla. Stat. §117.05(2)(a) — maximum"},{"id":"ron-act","label":"Online notarial act","amount":"25.00","cite":"Fla. Stat. §117.275 — maximum; provider fees extra"},{"id":"ron-register","label":"Online notary registration with DOS","amount":"10.00","cite":"Rule 1N-7; payable to Department of State"},{"id":"wet-bond","label":"Traditional notary surety bond","amount":"7500.00","cite":"Fla. Stat. §117.01"},{"id":"ron-bond","label":"Online notary bond","amount":"25000.00","cite":"Fla. Stat. §117.225(6)"},{"id":"copies","label":"Electronic copies of a related series","amount":"20.00","cite":"Maximum per transaction record; A/V access separately capped"}],"statute":[{"id":"117-part-ii","cite":"Fla. Stat. ch. 117 Part II","note":"Online notarizations. In force 1 Jan 2020 (HB 409 / ch. 2019-71)."},{"id":"117-201","cite":"§117.201","note":"Definitions. RON service provider supplies A/V and identity-proofing to the notary."},{"id":"117-225","cite":"§117.225","note":"Registration. Already a Florida notary (or civil-law notary / commissioner of deeds). Identify provider. $25,000 bond."},{"id":"117-245","cite":"§117.245","note":"Tamper-evident electronic journal + A/V recording. 10-year retention. Traditional wet journal is not required."},{"id":"117-265","cite":"§117.265","note":"Procedures. Identity: personal knowledge, or remote ID + credential analysis + knowledge-based authentication."},{"id":"117-275","cite":"§117.275","note":"$25 cap on the notarial act. RON platform fees are not closing services (§627.7711)."},{"id":"117-295","cite":"§117.295","note":"DOS rulemaking. Rule 1N-7, F.A.C."},{"id":"1n-7","cite":"Rule 1N-7, F.A.C.","note":"Forms DS-DOC-50 (notary) and DS-DOC-51 (provider self-certification)."}],"providersWatch":[{"name":"DocuSign","note":"Recurring DS-DOC-51 filings on the DOS list. Confirm current year on the clerk site."},{"name":"DocMagic","note":"Annual self-certification visible on provider search through 2026."},{"name":"DocVerify","note":"On the DOS list. Not an endorsement."},{"name":"BlueNotary","note":"Multiple filings under variant spellings. Search both strings."},{"name":"Blend Signing Room","note":"On the DOS list. Confirm the current contact row."},{"name":"Amrock / Clear Sign","note":"Same provider, several rows. Confirm the live filing date."}],"doctrine":{"surface":"The Florida Department of State is the clerk for online notaries and RON service providers. The county recorder is a different clerk. SSDF publishes a machine-readable atlas of that surface — lists, journal rules, fee caps.","filter":"Map the clerk. Credential the purchase. Do not become the notary or the RON platform. That is the title-file rule on a different clerk.","statute":"Fla. Stat. ch. 117 Part II (HB 409, 1 Jan 2020). Wet act capped at $10; online act at $25. Journal and A/V for RON: 10 years. Provider fees are not closing services under §627.7711."}}