Notary Public Cambridge

Welcome to Notary Public Cambridge, your trusted partner for all notarial matters in the Cambridgeshire area. Our notary public, Neil Burton, provides a comprehensive range of notarial services to both individuals and businesses, ensuring that your documents are authenticated and witnessed to the highest standards. With many years of experience in the legal profession, Neil Burton is committed to delivering a professional and efficient service, tailored to your specific needs.

Services Offered by Notary Public Cambridge

As a Notary Public, Neil Burton can authenticate or witness most documents, arrange legalisation or obtain Apostilles, and provide a wide range of notarial services for both businesses and individuals.

Notarial Services for Businesses

Notary Public Cambridge provides a full range of notarial services for businesses, including:

• Assignments or registration of trade marks
• Apostille and legalisation service
• Witnessing a power of attorney
• Notarisation of company documents
• Affidavits, statutory declarations, and sworn statements
• Share issues certified by a notary public
• Property transactions, transfers, purchases, sales
• Any other documents for abroad, which require a notary public stamp

Notarial Services for Individuals

Notary Public Cambridge also provides a range of notarial services for individuals, including:

• Copies of passports for example to open a bank account
• Setting up a power of attorney
• Certified copies of documents such as exam certificates
• Transfers of land, houses, shares
• Lost passports, share certificates or other documents
• Statutory declarations made before a notary public
• Declarations of single status when getting married
• Oaths
• Permission to let one parent travel with children
• Apostille and legalisations at consulates
• Any other documents for abroad, which require a notary public stamp

Difference between a Notary and a Solicitor

Notaries form a small, highly specialised branch of the legal profession, whose area of specialisation is the preparation and certification of documents so that they may be used effectively abroad. Solicitors, on the other hand, provide advice and representation to their clients on a wide variety of legal issues, usually within the legal framework of their country of residence. One important difference between a notary and a solicitor is that whereas a solicitor's primary duty is to his client, the notary's primary duty is to the transaction and the authenticity of the documents. As Notary Public's are recognised worldwide, they have to maintain absolute integrity and impartiality to maintain the standing of the Notarial profession.

Legalisation or Apostille

Many countries also require notarised documents to be legalised. Legalisation is a double check to make sure that the notaries' signature is genuine and recognised by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Documents may also be checked by foreign embassies to make sure that the notary's signature matches the one on their records. The requirement for this will depend on the foreign country involved. Once the authenticity of the signature is confirmed a certificate is attached, called an "Apostille".

Documents in a Foreign Language

If a document requiring notarisation is in a foreign language, it is usually necessary for the document to be translated by an official legal translator who will then have to sign a statutory declaration certifying that it is a true translation. In exceptional cases, the Notary may be satisfied to fix their seal of office and signature on documents in a foreign language if they are fully satisfied that the person signing is conversant with the language of the document.

Identification Requirements

Following the implementation of the Money Laundering Regulations 2017, notaries are now obliged to keep sufficient evidence on their files of the identity and the address of all their clients before they undertake any work. Each person whose signature they are to certify must provide one of the following original identification documents at the time of the appointment:

• Passport
• Driving licence (with photo card)
• National identity card (EEA state members)
• An armed forces pass (with photo and signature)
• Firearms licence (with photo and signature)
• Other government issue ID (with photo and signature)
• Residence permit
• Benefit book or original notification letter from Benefits Agency

In addition, notaries may also ask for proof of address, such as a utility bill or bank statement.