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In need of a Notary in the Dominican Republic
If you're looking for a US Notary, you can go to the Consulate...or the Embassy. I went to the Consular office in Puerto Plata, I assume there is one in Santiago.
The ONLY NOTARY PUBLIC OFFICIALS are Consulate Officials in Puerto Plata or Santo Domingo.
You will need to present the documents to the Consulate in Santo Domingo between 0730-1000. then come back at 1400 to pick up the documents. Each document will cost you US$30.00 payable in either pesos or dollars at the time of submission.
Check the Embassy/Consulate Web Page for the days of theweek allocated for submiting the documents.
In Puerto Plata, you must call ahead ot time and make an appointment with the Consul to have any notarizing done. The cost is the same and you may need to wait for the notarization if the document is lengthy. This would apply to having copies of documents certified/notarized as "TRUE COPIES" since the notary must compare the documents WORD FOR WORD before attesting to them.
Hope this is helpful.
Texas Bill
If you need a Dominican notary public to witness some signatures, make sure you get the price BEFORE they stamp the documents, as many will try sheninagans like billing you a percentage of the contract value.
Conchman;
There are NO Notaries Public, PER SE, in ANY Latin Country.
There are Notarios, which are Officers Of The Court, the asame as an Abogado.
Latin Countries function under the Napolianic Code, which is an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT set of Legal Prodedures than English/US Common Law.
A Notary's function IS NOT to WITNESS signatures, or to Certify TRUE COPIES as in the US Legal System.
NOTE:
If a US Citizen needs to have documents Certified as TRUE COPIES, or have a Signed Document Dertified, they MUST have such done by a NOTARY at the Consulate, or the Embassy. Such documents "notarized" by Latin Notarios are NOT Legally acceptable under US law.
We do not know what she needs. She said she needs a Notary in La Vega or Santiago.
I told her where to find one.
In fact the "Notarios" do witness signatures and sign documents. A practice much abused BTW...
If this person needs one in Santiago or La Vega, there are probably 100 or so listed in the phone book...
However, she has not come back to say hello or thanks or "Got one!"
HB
I told her where to find one.
In fact the "Notarios" do witness signatures and sign documents. A practice much abused BTW...
If this person needs one in Santiago or La Vega, there are probably 100 or so listed in the phone book...
However, she has not come back to say hello or thanks or "Got one!"
HB
Luis, I stand correctd as to the role of Notarios.
I'm still not sure if a document attested to by a Dominican Notary would satisfy US Law.
I was speaking essentially to notarized documentation accepted by the Consulate/Embassy for Visa Applications, etc., etc.
Perdoneme,
TB