Escribano

Find out about the role of the escribano (public notary) and other professionals involved in a succession...

A notary is a highly-trained legal professional who specializes in drafting specific types of documentation and legal advice. In Argentina, a notario públic0 is charged with rendering services concerning property law, family law, probate estates, wills, trusts, succession-, inheritance- and corporate law, among other areas.  Notaries hold a public office and are primarily responsible for assuring the validity of the transactions legalized.

Notaries are typically needed for services such as:

• Preparing and executing deeds having probative value and executory force
• Explaining the nature and content of the deeds and contracts
• Performing title searches
• Acting as an escrow agent
• Preparing sale and purchase agreements
• Preparing and executing transfer deeds and mortgage deeds
• Causing certain deeds to be inscribed in the public registers
• Incorporation of legal entities such as Limited Liability Companies, foundations, private fund foundations and associations
• Filing documentation of legal entities with the Chamber of Commerce & Industry
• Preparation of share transfer instruments
• Preparing and executing deeds of last will and testament
• Partition and division of estates
• Acting as a mediator
• Performing basic services including authenticating signatures and other verifications
• Taking oaths and witnessing affidavits
• Serving as a witness of signatures and certified copies of documents
• Serving as power of attorney

The purchase of property in Argentina requires registration before an Argentinian public notary. It is also necessary to acquire, or dispose of, a title in Argentinian real estate.

Notarisation is a process that includes advising for the parties involved in the transaction as well as the full preparation of the notarial deed.

• Successions
• Inheritance Law
• Escribano
• Marital Property