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title: "Document Updates: Witness Name Fields on Florida Security Instruments"
description: Pursuant to a routine audit, we are adding witness fields to our standard Florida security instruments. According to  Fla. Stat. Ann. § 695.26(1)(c), in order for an instrument affecting the title to real property to be recorded, it must include “the name of each witness to the instrument [to be] legibly printed,…
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# [Document Updates: Witness Name Fields on Florida Security Instruments](https://compliance.docutech.com/2021/07/29/document-updates-witness-name-fields-on-florida-security-instruments)

 Written by [Abe Skousen](https://compliance.docutech.com/author/abe-skousen) | Jul 29, 2021 7:00:00 AM

Pursuant to a routine audit, we are adding witness fields to our standard Florida security instruments. According to  Fla. Stat. Ann. § 695.26(1)(c), in order for an instrument affecting the title to real property to be recorded, it must include “the name of each witness to the instrument \[to be\] legibly printed, typewritten, or stamped upon such instrument immediately beneath the signature of such witness\[.\]” Accordingly, Docutech is adding fields (FI 15416 “Witness 1 Full Name” and FI 15417 “Witness 2 Full Name”) so that clients can send the witness name in their LOS payload and have it automatically populate on the security instrument.

The documents impacted are:

- - FL Mortgage (Cx317)
    - FHA FL Mortgage (Cx19367)
    - FL Mortgage Second (Cx476)
    - HELOC Mortgage – FL (Cx1383)

This change will be in effect on August 5, 2021. If you have any questions or concerns about this change, please contact Client Support at 1.800.497.3584.

*DR 349631*

***Update:*** We have also added lines for witnesses to print their name on, underneath their signature, if the Witness Name fields are not populated. This change will be in effect immediately.

*DR 351012*

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