Mobile Notary Travel Fees in Florida

Published 2026-08-01 · Updated 2026-08-01 · Fees & Costs

The two fees, kept separate

Fla. Stat. §117.05(2)(a) is unambiguous: “The fee of a notary public may not exceed $10 for any one notarial act under this part.” That cap is on the notarial act — the acknowledgment, the jurat, the oath.

Driving to a hospital room in Kissimmee at 9 p.m. is not a notarial act. It is a separate service, and a mobile notary may charge for it. This is how every mobile notary practice in Florida operates, and it is why a $10 statutory fee and a $75 appointment are both true at the same time.

The rule that makes it work is separation and disclosure. The travel fee must be quoted and agreed in advance, and it must be presented as what it is — a travel or convenience charge, not a fee for the notarization. A client should be able to see the two numbers separately and understand which one the state caps.

What mobile notaries actually charge

Florida does not set a travel fee schedule, so the market does. Typical structures:

• Flat travel fee by radius — $35–55 within 15 miles, $55–85 out to 30, $85–125 beyond. Simple to quote over the phone, which is most of the battle.
• Base plus mileage — a $30–40 base plus $0.70–$1.00 per mile beyond a set radius. More defensible on long trips, harder to quote fast.
• Premium surcharges — after-hours and weekend $20–40, same-day or emergency $25–50, hospital and correctional facilities $25–75 for the wait and access time, which is real.
• Loan signings — priced as a single all-in service fee, $75–$250, covering travel, printing, presenting, and shipping the package.

An honest note on the low end: a general notary work call at $10 per act plus $40 travel is roughly $50–$70 for 90 minutes door to door. That is not a business by itself. It is why mobile notaries who make real money route toward loan signings, estate packages with a dozen acts, and facility work — where the act count or the fee per stop justifies the trip.

How to quote it so it never becomes a problem

A clean quote sounds like this: “The notarization itself is $10 per signature — that's set by state law. My travel fee to come to you in Sanford is $45. So for two documents you're looking at $65 total. I'll text you that in writing before I head out.”

Four things that keeps you out of trouble:

• Quote before you travel, every time. A fee introduced after arrival is the complaint that ends up at the Department of State.
• Itemize on the receipt. Notarial acts on one line, travel on another. Never a single blended number with no explanation.
• Say out loud that travel is not set by law. The client should never be able to say they thought the state required it.
• Never charge above $10 per act, no matter what you call it. Relabeling part of the notarial fee as “processing” does not survive scrutiny.

One special case: solemnizing a marriage is governed by §117.045, under which a notary's fee may not exceed what circuit court clerks may charge for like services — a different rule from the §117.05 cap.

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