NOTARISING A DOCUMENT
This is where a notary public checks the ID of a person appearing before the notary, the client then signs the document, and then the notary both signs and seals the document. The fee is £75.00 without any VAT needing to be added on top because Anglo-Spanish Law is not VAT registered.
Normally, a document that needs notarising also needs legalising or apostilling by, usually, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. The fee charged by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office for a basic postal application for an apostille to be affixed to a document is currently £28.00.
Anglo-Spanish Law does not notarise documents for any country other than Spain. Furthermore, Anglo-Spanish Law does not in effect countersign someone else's work. In short, it is extremely rare for Anglo-Spanish Law to get involved in simply notarising a document. Normally, for Anglo-Spanish Law to be involved in the notarising of a document, there is more work to be done, such as, for example, draft a Spanish power of attorney or prepare a Spanish Will. For more details, please click on the relevant link.
For the simple notarisation and legalisation of a document for any country in the world, including Spain, it is recommended that the services of Mr Simon P Alliott, solicitor partner and notary public of Atteys, Solicitors, are used. For Attey's website click http://www.atteys.co.uk