Notary Public

Notaries are appointed by the Supreme Court pursuant to the Public Notaries Act 1997(NSW) and the Public Notaries Appointment Rules 1998. Applicants must be lawyers of at least 5 years standing who complete the prescribed Notarial Practice Course and apply through the Legal Profession Admission Board (the Board). Upon appointment, the name of the notary is entered on the Roll of Public Notaries maintained by the Board.

Our principal solicitor is a Notary Public and we can provide services such as authenticating official, Government and personal documents and information for use overseas. Notary Public is also able to witness signatures of individuals to documents and authenticating identity, witnessing Power of Attorney including preparing them, certify true copies documents for use overseas. For more details on the services and prices, please refer to www.notarynsw.org.au/fees-scale

STEPS FOR GETTING YOUR DOCUMENTS NOTARISE

1. Ask the overseas authority which documents you need legalised. DFAT can’t advise you what you need legalised to use in another country.
2. Check whether the document requires legalising from Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade (DFAT) – authentication or apostille
3. Before you attend the appointment, make sure you’ve prepared everything you need.

True copies of documents

We can photocopy your original document, and certify it is a true copy

Photographs

We can certify that your photograph is of you. We will state that the photograph is “a true likeness of [your name]”

Witnessing signatures

We can witness signatures on affidavits, statutory declarations, power of attorney etc

If an document contains attachments or is multiple pages, we will bind the pages together. Some receiving authorities don’t accept bound documents. Ask the receiving party if they’ll accept it.

We can’t provide legal information or advice on documents prepared for overseas use, please check with the overseas authority or your solicitor (overseas) and must provide clear instructions.

You must ensure the contents of the document are acceptable by the authority overseas. We will not be responsible for the contents of the document not prepared by us, and if you need to have the document notarise again, we will charge new fee again.