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NOTARIES IN BRAZIL
Marco Castro
A Visit to the Association of Notaries Public (ANOREG) of the State of Alagoas
Last Winter, which is Summer in Brazil, I visited the Notaries Society in the City of Maceió in the Northeast of Brazil.
Through my Notary friend José Roberto Martins, I contacted Manoel Iran Malta, Vice President of the Association, and I visited the Society.
I learned that for the entire population of more than 3.4 million in the State of Alagoas, there are only about 250 Notary Offices. Business is intense. Dozens of people arrive to those offices every day to record some important fact or document. In any Notary Office in the Capital of Maceió, there are at least 15 to 20 staff.
The situation is even more intense in the Metropolitan Region of Sao Paulo where there are more
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Marco Castro (R) with Manoel Iran Malta, the Vice President of the Notaries Society of the State of Alagoas, Brazil
than 21 million people in the 11thmost-populous Metropolitan Region on Earth. You can imagine how busy they are!
Notary Offices in Brazil are divided into six categories. Each Notary Office may offer services to the public in more than one category. Some of those services are related to birth, marriage, and death registrations; others to real estate transactions, business registration, and incorporation; and others to notarizations, to name just a few.
I couldn’t find information about the date of origin of Notaries in the State of Alagoas or even in Brazil, but I know that before the New Constitution of Brazil in 1988, Notary practices were granted to notable or well-known people of the high class and the Notary practices were passed down to generations in the same family. Back then, Notaries didn’t need to be lawyers or even have experience in law services.
After the New Constitution, there were a changes to the way a Notary practice is granted. Since 1994, only lawyers may apply to get a Notary practice.
To establish a distinction from the way things were done in the earlier days, the name has changed to Notarial and Registration Services (ANOREG). Today, only lawyers may apply for a licence to practise as Notaries, if they are approved by the Notaries Society. They must have the mental aptitude to exercise the duties and have no criminal history. Candidates also must pass a written and a practical test, an interview, and an anaylsis of their résumé.
If the candidates pass all the stages, their conduct and morals will be evaluated. They must present documents proving they have the physical, psychological, and moral qualifications to be a Notary and undergo personality, psychometric, and psychiatric assessments.
There is one ANOREG in each of the 26 States and the Federal District. ANOREG-BR signifies a Notary Society operating in Brasilia, the Capital of Brazil. s Marco Castro is a Notary Public and a Certified Immigration Consultant in Vancouver, BC. Telephone: 604 696-6042 marco@provisa.ca www.provisa.ca Facebook: Marco Marquito Castro Linked in: Marco Marquito Castro
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