The main areas where notaries intervene

The Order dated 2 November 1945 defines the notaries mission as follows :"Notaries are public officers appointed for administering the instruments or contracts to which the parties must or wish to grant the authenticity associated with public authority instruments, and for guaranteeing the date, filing them and issuing engrossed or duplicated copies".
In addition to this legal mission of authenticating and archiving documents, notaries also operate in many other areas: they are "general practitioners" in law who have an overall view of legal problems. Since they operate in every area of law and taxation, they are the natural choice when clients need advice.
Frequently asked questions
- Is a notary compulsory in an inheritance partition?
- I buy real estate in the province but I can not, for professional reasons, be present at the signing of the sale. I wish to give proxy to represent me. [...]
- I buy a property for which the mandate of sale provides that the payment of real estate agency commission is the responsibility of the seller. Why is this commission included in the base for calculating notaire fees?