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Notary Public (Spain)

Jun 30, 2012 · Campana · 3 replies · 2743 views
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There is often confusion about who and what notaries public in Spain are.

(I've come across many people too who didn't know - even refused to believe - that there are also notaries public in the U.K.!)

Anyhow, here is the link re the Spanish notaries

http://www.notariado.org/liferay/web/notariado/el-notario/que-hace

Patricia
Jul 1, 2012 · SpainExpat member
It's important to point out that there is functional variance across jurisdictions - so a notary public on the continent performs similar but also different roles to those in UK.


> Secondly, Civil Law notaries are much more central to the legal processes in their countries, normally having a monopoly in respect of non-contentious legal work. In mainland Europe and most parts of the Americas (notable exceptions being the USA and all Canadian provinces except Qu?bec) most countries have legal systems based on the Code Napol?on, into which the role of the notary is deeply embedded. The Union Internacional del Notariado Latino (UINL) is the international body, which represents such notaries.


Quoted From STEP Journal (http://www.stepjournal.org/journal_archive/2010/step_journal_july_and_august/notaries_public.aspx)

Kind Regards

Kober Smith Associates LLP
Jul 1, 2012 · Campana
Yes, I was aware of that.

"It?s important to point out that there is functional variance across jurisdictions - so a notary public on the continent performs similar but also different roles to those in UK."

Having assisted more U.K. people than I can count (and quite a few from other jurisdictions) in having documents drawn up and notarised in the U.K. (or other jurisdiction), I found it amazing that so many of those U.K. citizens would argue with me that there was no such thing as a notary in the U.K.
And then getting round to explaining to them what the Apostille involved, well, at times I felt I was speaking in Martian. I stopped using the word "Hague" in the same sentence, as I'd get the response, "what has the Hague got to do with us"!

They didn't like having to pay the notary's fees either. Quite a few thought it was a FREE service.....

Patricia