E-Signature Law
Are Electronic Signatures Legal in Florida?
Updated September 22, 2026. General information, not legal advice.
Yes, electronic signatures are legal in Florida. Florida adopted UETA — the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act — in 2000, codified at Florida Statutes Chapter 668, Part II, §668.50. What makes Florida worth its own page: it separately allows Remote Online Notarization (RON) since 2020, letting a Florida notary notarize an electronically signed document without the signer physically present — directly relevant to real estate closings, one of the most common reasons Floridians search for this.
The governing law
Florida Statutes, Chapter 668, Part II — the Uniform Electronic Transaction Act, §668.50. Enacted in 2000.
What Florida excludes
Florida follows the standard UETA exclusion pattern — wills, codicils, and testamentary trusts, and the usual Uniform Commercial Code carve-outs. No Florida-specific exclusions beyond the standard UETA model were identified for this page.
Remote Online Notarization — the thing that actually makes Florida distinct
Separately from UETA itself, Florida Statutes §§117.201–117.305 established Remote Online Notarization, effective January 1, 2020. RON lets a Florida notary notarize a document with the signer appearing over live audio-video, rather than in person, through a registered third-party RON vendor — the signer's identity is verified electronically instead of by the notary looking at a driver's license across a table. This matters most for real estate closings, powers of attorney, and other documents that traditionally required in-person notarization; UETA alone doesn't get you to a fully remote closing, RON is the piece that does.
What this means in practice
For most Florida business — service agreements, proposals, NDAs, most contracts — UETA treats a properly executed electronic signature as fully binding, the standard outcome. If a transaction also requires notarization (common in real estate), Florida's RON law is the separate piece of the puzzle that determines whether that notarization can happen remotely too.
General information, not legal advice for your specific situation. Confirm the current text of Florida Statutes §668.50 and Chapter 117, or check with an attorney licensed in Florida, before relying on this for anything consequential — particularly for a real estate closing, where RON's specific vendor and procedural requirements matter.