El notario en el siglo XXI

Abstract

Not an easy task to explain to a non professional what a notary does. His/her functions abstraction -which basically pairs with the concept of trust and legal presumption-, his/her historical conformation by function accession and such a peculiar hybrid private public nature of their functions will prevent us from framing him/ her within regular professional patterns. Notaries will eventually add up public faith and documentation preservation as part of their tasks to their original functions as contract drafters and at a later stage they will also counsel and gain control over legality as part of their tasks. It is 1862 Act which frames the current status of notaries, 1862 Act is one which will be successfully developed during the 20st Century. In the 21st Century we will see several changement lines to it: such being an extension of the intrinsic value of such public tool as the notary; the technological and corporate evolution of his/her files; the birth of the concept of material regularity; we will notice certain new tasks with regards to non-compulsory jurisdiction as well as new notary’s tasks within their professional field both generally speaking and in counselling in particular.