What does a notary do?
Notarial activities include
I. drawing up and issuing instruments concerning legal acts
- agreements for the transfer of immovable property (sale and purchase agreements, gift agreements and exchange agreements, agreements on the dissolution and settlement of co-ownership in shares)
- security agreements
- lease agreements
- agreements creating and extinguishing easements
- agreements limiting or extending the scope of the spouses’ joint marital property and agreements deferring its creation
- agreements settling the spouses’ joint marital property
- declarations by persons obliged under Section 45 of the Enforcement Code (enforceable instruments)
- legal acts in commercial matters (deeds of foundation, articles of association, decisions of a sole member and a sole shareholder)
- wills, instruments of disinheritance and other acts made in anticipation of death, or the revocation of such acts
II. certification of legally significant facts
- certification that a transcript or photocopy of a document is accurate (vidimation)
- certification of the authenticity of a signature on a document (legalisation)
- certification that a document was presented and of when it was presented
- certification of the protest of bills of exchange
- certification of the proceedings of general meetings and meetings of legal entities
- certification that a person is alive
- certification of a declaration of acquisitive prescription
- certification that the conditions laid down by a specific regulation have been fulfilled
- certification of other facts
III. proceedings concerning notarial deposits
- deposit of a will
- deposit of another document or documentary security
- deposit of money
- deposit of movable property (where the deposit is made for the purpose of performing an obligation)
IV. proceedings concerning notarial central registers
- Notarial Central Register of Designated Legal Entities (NCRpo)
- Notarial Central Register of Wills (NCRza)
- Notarial Central Register of Liens (NCRzp)
- Notarial Central Register of Auctions (NCRdr)
- Notarial Central Register of Documents (NCRls)
V. activities of a certifying person under Act No. 305/2013 Coll.
Where provided for by the Notarial Code or a specific Act, a notary also carries out other activities:
– probate proceedings
– proceedings for the cancellation of a document
Unless otherwise provided by the Notarial Code or a specific Act, a notary may also act as a mediator or arbitrator as a special activity.
In connection with the performance of notarial activities, a notary may, for natural persons and legal entities,
- provide legal advice,
- draw up other documents,
- administer property and represent them in connection with the administration of their property, unless otherwise provided by law,
- provide representation in Land Registry proceedings.
source: https://www.notar.sk/co-robi-notar/
