As legal services providers, Notaries are competent and qualified to provide a broad range of legal services. Members of the Society of Notaries Public may provide the following services:
- Affidavits for all documents required at a Public Registry within British Columbia
- Authorization of minor child travel
- Business Purchase/Sale
- Certified True Copies of Documents
- Commercial Leases & Assignment of Leases
- Contracts and Agreements
- Easements and Rights of Way
- Estate Planning
- Execution/Authentications of International Documents
- Healthcare Declarations
- Independent Legal Advice (ILA) to individuals who are residential mortgage guarantors, covenantors, and spouses of borrowers when ILA is required by financial institutions
- Insurance Loss Declarations
- Letters of Invitation for Foreign Travel
- Manufactured Home Transfers
- Marine Bills of Sales & Mortgage
- Marine Protestations
- Mediation*
- Mortgage Refinancing
- Notarization/Attestations of Signatures
- Personal Property Security Agreements
- Powers of Attorney
- Proof of Identity for Travel Purposes
- Purchase and Sale of Real Estate
- Real Estate Disclosure Statements
- Representation Agreements
- Residential & Commercial Real Estate Transfers
- Restrictive Covenants & Builder's Liens
- Statutory Declarations
- Subdivisions & Statutory Building Schemes
- Will Preparation
- Will Searches
- Zoning Applications
* Please note that not all notaries provide all services listed. Please consult your Notary for more information.
Modern-day Notaries do not get involved in litigation or argue cases before a judge. Their activities are restricted to non-contentious matters—those where the parties involved are in agreement.