Entrepreneur fills gap with downtown Tampa bilingual mobile notary service

A Tampa notary says the key to making her legal services more accessible to the Spanish-speaking community has been “meeting people where they are” — literally. 

In June, Sara Román opened her own notary business inside a large yellow trailer dubbed the Notary Kiosk — billed as the first of its kind in the region. Putting her practice on wheels allows Román to travel to underserved communities and offer services in more convenient locations, like her usual parking spot outside Hillsborough County’s George Edgecomb Courthouse in downtown Tampa, she says. 

And now that her business is up and moving, Román plans to hold a free open house and mocktail happy hour celebration on Friday, Nov. 7, which happens to be National Notary Day.