Notarial procedures
Whether you are selling a house, receiving an inheritance or ending a marriage, the public notary gives your documents security and force before the law. Choose the procedure that concerns you and find out how it works and what documents to prepare. Here you will also find how notarial charges are calculated, along with the other taxes the notary collects on behalf of other institutions.
Authentication
Contracts, declarations and powers of attorney executed before a notary, with enforceable effect and a certified date.
DetailsSuccession proceedings
Succession proceedings establish the heirs, their shares and the assets making up the estate. The certificate of heir proves that status and the entitlement to the inherited assets.
DetailsNotarial divorce
Amicable divorce by agreement of the spouses, before a public notary.
DetailsCertification of a signature
Signed before the notary, your signature can no longer be denied: the notary attests that it is yours, for documents the law does not require to be in authenticated form.
DetailsCertification of copies
The notary compares the copy with the original document and certifies that it conforms: proof that what you present reproduces the original exactly.
DetailsCertification of translations
A translation made and certified by an authorised translator, with the signature certified by a notary, can be used before any authority.
DetailsAffixing a certified date
From the certified date affixed by the notary, no one can claim that your document was drawn up later: the date becomes enforceable against anyone.
DetailsCertification of facts
Observed in person by the notary (that someone is alive, present in a place, or has answered a formal notice), facts acquire proof of their existence.
DetailsReceipt into safekeeping
Entrusted to the notary, your documents, papers and valuables are held securely and returned on the date set out in the certificate.
DetailsIssuing duplicates
From the copy kept in the notary's archive you may request a duplicate which has, by law, the same evidential force as the original.
DetailsNotarial legal advice
Before the document is executed, the notary explains the legal relationships involved and gives you the guidance you need on the effects of what you are about to sign.
DetailsFees and charges
How notarial fees are set, what they cover and what the most common procedures cost, including the charges collected for the state.
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