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Notarization - What Is The Process and How Much Does It Cost?
In several cases, a signature, confirmation or notarization is required in a special way, and it is necessary to look for an attorney who also holds a notary license. If so, What Is A Notary, what are his powers, what is notarization and what are his advantages?
The Notary Law defines the training needed to obtain a notary license. According to the law, a preliminary requirement for obtaining a notary license is a lawyer’s license for 10 years, after which they completed training at the Ministry of Justice and received the approval of the Committee for the Appointment of Notaries, at the Ministry of Justice.
By Igal Mor, Adv. & Notary
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What is the difference between a regular attorney and a notary public?
According to the Notary Law, in order to obtain a notary license, an attorney must meet several conditions: first, he must be a citizen or permanent resident of Israel; second, he must practice the profession for at least 10 years, as well as be a member of the Bar Association; third, he must not have a criminal record of a criminal or disciplinary conviction, including that, his license will not be revoked for disciplinary reasons. However, if ten years have passed from the day he finished serving his sentence or from the day the sentence was imposed, according to its type, the granting of a license can be examined.
In addition to the various conditions necessary to obtain an attorney’s or notary’s license, the powers of a notary are wider than those of a regular attorney.
The Powers of A Notary Public
According to section 7 of the law, the notary has several unique powers. The first is document signature verification. As part of the verification operation, the notary verifies that the signature of the person in question is the one that appears on the document, through frontal identification with a valid identity card or passport.
Also, the notary is authorized to grant several types of certificates: a certificate that a person who signed a document is the person authorized to sign it; Confirmation of a copy of a document; Confirmation of the translation of a document; various affidavits; that a certain person is alive and also, confirmation of an inventory list – for example, after a fire broke out in a warehouse that contained inventory.
In addition, a notary is authorized to testify on a “Negotiable Document”, to perform other actions for which he is authorized according to various laws – such as the verification of a will in a limited liability company – as well as to verify pre-marital financial agreements for spouses.
Notarization: What Is It?
A notarial certificate, then, is a notary’s confirmation of one of the things written above: confirmation of the consent of a person who signed a document, confirmation of the correctness of a copied document, correctness of a translated document, confirmation of affidavits, confirmation that a certain person is alive, and confirmation of an inventory list. In addition, a notary is also authorized to perform actions that are requested abroad: for example, an inheritance order that must be shown abroad in a country that is a member of the Apostille Convention, will be signed by a notary.
It is possible to characterize the powers of a notary and say that his powers prevail over official legal documents, when their importance is high in themselves, but their weight is also heavy, on an evidentiary level.
Notarization Process
For each of the operations for which the notary is authorized, rules are defined in the law: so, for example, in order to confirm a person’s authority to sign a certain document, he must verify this with all the necessary documents for that purpose.
When notarization is required, it must be examined the specific action needed and prepare all the documents that will allow the notary to easily sign and approve the document. For example, if the CEO of a company wants a notary to confirm that he is a company’s power of attorney, he must prove that he is the CEO of the claimed company, and that he is its power of attorney for the requested matter.
In the event that a notarial certificate is required for the translation of a document, the applicant must make sure that both the original copy and the copy are presented to the notary. The notary, for their part, must be in the original language and the language of the translation so that he can confirm the correctness of the translation.
In our offices Mor & Co., an attorney and notary company, the notary approval process with the notary – attorney and notary Igal Mor, can be named three stages:
1. Engagement with the Igal Mor attorney and notary office;
2. The preparation of all the necessary documents for the necessary notarial approval – when the preliminary conversation with the office will allow the preparation of the documents in advance;
3. Obtaining the notarial approval according to law.
Advantages Of Notarization
Notarization has two main advantages:
First, a claim proven through a notarized certificate will not require additional evidence to prove its truth. As stipulated in BA 7303/01 Assaf v. Israel Land Administration, State of Israel, NAZ(2) 847 (2003):
“Section 19 of the Law of Notaries, 5736 1976, which establishes an evidentiary presumption regarding the correctness of what is said in a notary’s approval given according to the said law.” This means that “The presumption regarding the correctness of the things contained in the notarial confirmation transfers the burden of persuasion to the person who argues against the correctness of any of the details appearing in the confirmation, and he has the duty to contradict the presumption regarding the correctness of the things contained in the notarial confirmation.” Tel Aviv (Nazareth districts) 286/94 and Dad v. the estate of the late Shelvi (Nevo 01.12.2002).
Second, notarization is necessary for real estate transactions that require real estate registration.
A notary’s approval of a legal document, therefore, is not only an advantage but sometimes even a necessity.
Cost of Notarization (as of 2024)
The price of the notary service is fixed in the notary regulations (fee for services) and is not open to the free market. In summary, these are its costs:
Signature verification – 186 NIS, and 73 NIS for each additional seal;
Approval of a copy of a document – 73 NIS for the first page, 13 NIS for each additional page and 25 NIS for each first page of an additional copy and 13 NIS for each additional page in the additional copy;
Notarized translation – NIS 236 for one hundred words, NIS 186 for an additional 100 words, up to a thousand words, and NIS 93 for words over 1,000;
Confirmation of a will – NIS 277, and NIS 138 for each additional seal and NIS 83 for each additional confirmation;
and so on, as specified in the regulations.
In Conclusion
Attorney and Notary Igal Mor offers notary services with professionalism, reliability and personal service. while making sure that all stages of notarization are duly completed to ensure the document’s suitability in accordance with the law.
For legal advice on matters related to notarization, procedure and price, we invite you to contact us by phone 02-595-3322 or WhatsApp 050-811-6181.
