Services Notaries Provide in BC

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:

Notarizations

  • Affidavits for all documents required at a Public Registry within British Columbia
  • Authorization of minor child travel
  • Certified True Copies of Documents
  • Execution/Authentications of International Documents
  • Insurance Loss Declarations
  • Letters of Invitation for Foreign Travel
  • Proof of Identity for Travel Purposes
  • Notarization/Attestations of Signatures
  • Statutory Declarations

Estate Planning

  • Estate Planning
  • Healthcare Declarations
  • Powers of Attorney
  • Representation Agreements
  • Will Preparation
  • Will Searches

Real Estate Conveyancing

  • Independent Legal Advice (ILA)  to individuals who are residential mortgage guarantors, covenantors, and spouses of borrowers when ILA is required by financial institutions
  • Easements and Rights of Way
  • Manufactured Home Transfers*
  • Personal Property Security Agreements
  • Purchase and Sale of Real Estate
  • Real Estate Disclosure Statements
  • Residential & Commercial Real Estate Transfers
  • Restrictive Covenants & Builder's Liens
  • Subdivisions & Statutory Building Schemes
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Mortgage Refinancing

  • Independent Legal Advice (ILA)  to individuals who are residential mortgage guarantors, covenantors, and spouses of borrowers when ILA is required by financial institutions
  • Mortgage Refinancing
  • Personal Property Security Agreements
  • Residential & Commercial Refinance Transactions

Business Sale/Purchase

  • Business Purchase/Sale
  • Commercial Leases & Assignment of Leases
  • Contracts and Agreements
  • Mediation*
* 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.