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Notary activity

A Notary Public executes the following notary acts:

  • drawing up deeds having legal contents, upon request of the parties;
  • notarising the deeds drawn up by a Notary Public, by a party personally or by a lawyer;
  • inheritance procedure carried out before notaries;
  • certification of facts, in cases stipulated by law;
  • notarisation of signatures affixed to deeds, of specimen signatures and of seals;
  • provision of fixed date to deeds produced by the parties;
  • receipt for deposit purposes of deeds and documents produced by the parties;
  • notices of protest for dishonoured bills of exchange, promissory notes and cheques;
  • notarisation of copies of original documents;
  • performing and notarising translations;
  • issuing duplicates of notary deeds drawn up;
  • any and all other operations stipulated by law.

Notaries public provide legal advisory in notary matters, other than the ones referring to the contents of the acts executed by them and participate as specialists appointed by the parties in the preparation and drawing up of legal deeds referring to notary matters.

In performing the duties devolving upon the Notary Public, the same has general competence with the exceptions provided in the following situations:

  • inheritance procedure carried out before notaries is in the area of responsibility of the Notary Public within the Notary Public’s Office in the territorial jurisdiction of the court where the deceased had his/her last residence;
  • in event of successive inheritance, heirs may opt for the authority of any of the Notary Public’s Offices within the territorial jurisdiction where the originator who was the last to die had his/her last residence;
  • notices of protest for dishonoured bills of exchange, promissory notes and cheques are made by the Notary Public in the territorial jurisdiction of the court where payment is going to be made;
  • issue of duplicates and reconstruction of notary deeds are carried out by the Notary Public holding the original documents in the office thereof.