Activity

Pursuant to the Notarial Law Act of 1991, a notary is appointed by the Minister of Justice to perform acts to which the parties are obliged or wish to give notarial form (notarial acts). Notarial acts have the status of official documents with special evidentiary value.

A notary performs, among others, the following acts:

1. prepares notarial deeds (e.g. contracts of sale, donation, dissolution of co-ownership, mortgages, companies);
2. prepares deeds of certification of succession;
3. issues certifications, including of the authenticity of a signature, the conformity of a copy, extract or duplicate with the document presented, the date on which a document was presented, and that a person is alive or present at a given place;
4. takes minutes (e.g. of shareholders' meetings and general meetings);
5. accepts money, securities, documents and data on electronic data carriers into notarial deposit (escrow) for safekeeping;
6. prepares certified copies, copies and extracts of documents;
7. prepares drafts of deeds, declarations and other documents;
8. performs other acts provided for by separate regulations.