Services
Thirty one things a British Columbia notary is authorized to do.
Grouped the way people actually arrive at them. If what you need is on this page, book it. If you are not sure which one it is, describe the situation on the phone in ordinary words and we will name it for you.
Property and real estate
The bulk of the practice. Buying, selling, borrowing against a property, and anything registered against a title.
- Residential purchases and salesCommon
- Residential and commercial title transfers
- Mortgage refinancing and lender instructionsCommon
- Mortgage discharges and renewals
- Manufactured home transfers
- Easements and rights of way
- Restrictive covenants and builder’s liens
- Real estate disclosure statements
- Subdivisions and statutory building schemes
- Zoning applications
Personal planning
The documents that decide who speaks for you if you cannot, and what happens after you are gone.
- WillsCommon
- Will searches
- Enduring powers of attorneyCommon
- Representation agreements
- Advance health care directives
- Estate planning documents
Notarizations and declarations
The quickest visits. Many of these are done while you wait, without an appointment if the office is quiet.
- Notarization and attestation of signaturesWhile you wait
- Affidavits for any public registry in British Columbia
- Statutory declarations
- Certified true copies of documentsWhile you wait
- Insurance loss declarations
- Proof of identity for travel purposes
Travel and international
Documents that have to satisfy a border officer, an airline, a consulate or a foreign registry.
- Travel consent letters for childrenCommon
- Letters of invitation for foreign travel
- Execution and authentication of international documents
- Marine bills of sale and marine mortgages
- Marine protestations
Business and commercial
Small business work inside the non contentious range. Anything disputed belongs with a lawyer.
- Business purchase and sale
- Commercial leases and assignments of lease
- Contracts and agreements
- Personal property security agreements
- Independent legal advice for guarantors
Before you come in
What to bring, by appointment type.
Nearly every wasted trip to a notary happens for one reason: a missing piece of identification. Two are required for everything below, at least one a government issued photo card.
Two pieces of identification, your lender’s name, your mortgage broker’s contact details, and the void cheque your lender asked for.
Two pieces of identification, your mortgage account number, and your strata management contact if the property is a strata.
A list of what you own, the full names of the people you want to receive it, and the name of the person you want as executor.
The full legal name and address of the person you are appointing, and their relationship to you.
The child’s birth certificate, identification for both parents, and the travel dates and destination.
The document, unsigned, and two pieces of identification. Do not sign before you arrive: the signature has to be made in front of the notary.
On fees
Quoted in writing, before the file is opened.
British Columbia sets no fee schedule for notaries, so the only real protection is a number in writing. Ours arrives before you commit, with disbursements listed separately from the fee, and revised in writing the same day if your file changes.
You should never have to book an appointment just to find out roughly what something costs.
A strata purchase and a bare land purchase do not carry the same disbursements, so the real number waits for the paperwork.
Not sure which of these you need?
Describe the situation in ordinary words. We will tell you what it is called, roughly what it costs, and how long it takes.