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Notary (fr)

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Notaries (Notaires) are Public Officers whose main role is to draft and execute Deeds. They are civil-servants who have a monopoly on documents that must be authenticated by Deed, i. e. wills, marriage, contracts, document dealing with transfer of real property, and conveyancing. Notaries often act for both buyer and seller, which can potentially give rise to conflicts of interest. Their fees, based on a fixed scale, depend on the property's value. Notaires only get paid if a given transaction proceeds to completion.