Notarial services
A notary is appointed to perform acts to which the parties are required, or wish, to give notarial form (Article 1 of the Notaries Act of 14 February 1991 – Prawo o notariacie).
A notary performs acts in accordance with the law, and acts documented by a notary have the status of an official document. Below we describe the most common matters and give a full list of the notarial acts we perform at our office in Wrocław.
Property sale
Sale agreements, preliminary agreements, developer agreements, purchases with a mortgage – procedure, documents and costs.
Guide →Gift deed
Gifts of property and money, tax exemption within the family.
More →Inheritance and wills
Certificate of succession, wills, division of an estate.
More →Prenuptial agreement
Marital property agreements and division of assets.
More →Companies
Articles of association, minutes of meetings, amendments.
More →Powers of attorney and certifications
Powers of attorney, signatures, copies, declarations of submission to enforcement.
More →Document checklist
What to prepare for each notarial act – printable checklists.
View →Full list of notarial acts
Under Article 79 of the Notaries Act, a notary prepares notarial deeds, certifications, minutes and protests of bills of exchange and – at the parties’ request – drafts of deeds, declarations and other documents.
Real estate and limited property rights
- Sale agreement
- Developer agreement
- Preliminary agreement
- Exchange agreement
- Gift agreement
- Agreement dissolving co-ownership
- Agreement granting perpetual usufruct of land
- Agreement converting a cooperative ownership right to a flat into separate ownership of the flat
- Declaration of renunciation of real property
Marital property matters
- Marital property agreement excluding statutory joint property (prenuptial agreement – intercyza)
- Marital property agreement extending statutory joint property
- Agreement on division of assets
- Agreement transferring assets between spouses’ estates
Inheritance matters
- Will and revocation of a will
- Minutes of opening and announcement of a will
- Certificate of succession and succession minutes
- Agreement on division of an estate
- Agreement waiving inheritance
- Declaration of acceptance or disclaimer of inheritance
- Agreement for the sale of a share in an estate
Receivables and their security
- Establishment of a mortgage
- Agreement with a mortgage administrator
- Loan agreement (at the parties’ request)
- Transfer of ownership by way of security
- Assumption of debt and assignment of receivables
- Sale of an enterprise (where it includes real property)
- Declaration of submission to enforcement regarding payment or surrender of property
Encumbrances on real property
- Establishment of personal and land easements
- Establishment of a transmission easement
- Establishment of usufruct
Commercial companies
- Articles of association and amendments
- Increase and reduction of share capital
- Declaration of joining a limited liability company or subscribing for shares
- Declaration of consent to the formation of a joint-stock company, wording of the statute and subscription for shares
Notarial deposit
- Accepting documents, money or securities for safekeeping
- Release from deposit
Other notarial deeds
- Life annuity (dożywocie) and annuity agreements
- Powers of attorney
- Property management agreement
- Establishment of a foundation
- Declaration confirming a legal act
- Minutes recording the failure of an auction, tender or prize draw
Certifications
- Authenticity of a signature (certification of a signature and specimen signature)
- Conformity of a copy, extract or duplicate with the document presented
- Date on which a document was presented (certain date)
- That a person is alive or present at a given place
- Service of declarations
Minutes
- Shareholders’ meetings and general meetings of companies
- General meetings of associations, cooperatives and other legal persons
- Succession minutes
- Minutes recording the course of acts and events with legal effects
Other
- Protests of bills of exchange
- Drafts of deeds, declarations and other documents at the parties’ request
Not sure which notarial act you need?
Give us a call – we will advise you free of charge on the appropriate form and the documents to prepare.