Notarial service
In the vast majority of cases, the acts of an English or Welsh notary are destined for use in a foreign jurisdiction. In consequence, there is a great deal of variety in the work of a notary. The clients are varied as are the transactions and procedures that they are involved in.
It is impossible to list all potential notarial services. However, the most common are listed below.
If you are not sure if you need a notary’s help, please do not hesitate to email ps@sikorskanotary.co.uk.
FOR INDIVIDUAL CLIENTS:
- Witnessing Powers of Attorney for worldwide use
- Administering oaths and affidavits for use abroad
- Consent letters to let one parent travel with children
- Statutory declarations made before a notary (eg. confirming single status when getting married abroad)
- Copies of passports (eg. for setting up a foreign bank account)
- Copies of any other documents, which require a notarial seal (eg. qualification certificates).
- Providing certificates certifying the authenticity of signatures and execution of private documents and of copy documents
- Application forms (eg. Pension)
- Retirement life certificates
- Purchases and sale of foreign properties and investments
- Transfers of land, houses, shares
- Change of name deed and notarisation
- Adoption applications
- Certifying translations of documents
- Notarised translation from Polish to English & from English to Polish of certificates and legal documents
FOR CORPORATE CLIENTS:
- Authenticating company and business documents and transactions (eg. resolutions, minutes, certificates of incorporation, memorandum & articles of association, accounts, reports)
- Notarisation of the corporate Powers of Attorney
- Certification of Identity of Directors, Secretaries and other Company Officers
- Certifying translations of documents
- Sale and purchase of commercial properties/land abroad
- Affidavits and Statutory Declarations
- Authenticating documents used to set up bank account or business branch offices (eg. Good Standing Certificates, Certificates of Law, Application forms)
- Trademark Assignments
- Notarisation of the Loan Agreements and Mortgage documents
- Certifying the execution of Commercial Contracts for International Use
- Share Pledges