Notaries and notarisation


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Practice notes

Notaries and notarisation


Published by a ³ÉÈËÓ°Òô Commercial expert

Practice notes
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This Practice Note explains the role and purpose of a notary, the steps required to notarise a document and the meaning of legalisation.

For more detailed guidance, see the following Practice Notes:

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    Notaries and notarisation—notaries

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    Notaries and notarisation—notarisation

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    Notaries and notarisation—legalisation

We have produced a toolkit that is a comprehensive, interactive resource to help users identify and work through the concepts and common issues when executing documents. Each section or phase includes Practical Guidance, Precedent Clauses and Q&As relevant to that section. For more information, see: Execution toolkit.

Notaries

A notary is a qualified lawyer whose primary concern is the authentication and certification of signatures and documents, either for use abroad or as copy documents. Notaries undertake the Administration and taking of oaths and affirmations and may also Carry out certain reserved activities under the Legal Services Act 2007, including commercial and property work, family and private client work (but excluding any contentious matters and conduct of court proceedings). Lawyers and non-lawyers applying to act as a notary must satisfy the qualification requirements as prescribed by

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Execution, in the context of contracts, is the means by which a party enters into a contract or deed by sealing or signing it, and by doing so gives it effect in law. It can be done in some cases by electronic means.

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