| Fortunately for Floridians, notaries are authorized to specify stated representative capacity in their certificates. Many states, such as California, strictly forbid stated capacity in the notarial certificate. Some states, such as NY are rather gray on the subject. In that case, one must take the existing statutes and directives as face value and not read anything into it simply because it is not stated that it can't be done. If it is stated, explicitly, that something can't be done, it can't be done, no question. But if it is not explicitly prohibited, then it may not be authorized since it is not explicitly allowed. |
