What does a Notary Public do?
Notaries Public undertake work for private individuals, and for commercial firms engaged in international trade. Most notaries are solicitors. Their services include:
preparing and witnessing powers of attorney for use overseas
dealing with purchase or sale of land and property abroad
providing documents to deal with the administration of the estate of people who are abroad, or owning property abroad
authenticating personal documents and information for immigration or emigration purposes, or to apply to marry or to work abroad
administering oaths and declarations
authenticating company and business documents and transactions
drawing up or noting (and extending) protests of happenings to ships, crews and cargoes
presenting bills of exchange for acceptance and payment, noting and protesting bills in cases of dishonour and preparing acts of honour
attending upon the drawing up of bonds
drawing mercantile documents, deeds agreement and wills in English and (via translation), in foreign languages for use in Britain, the Commonwealth and other foreign countries
verifying of translations from foreign languages to English and vice versa
taking evidence in England and Wales as a Commissioner for Oaths for foreign courts
the provision of Notarial copies
powers of attorney, corporate records, contracts
international domain name transfers