What can a Notary Public Do For You? 

• Attests documents and certifies their due execution for use in Australia and overseas countries
• Prepares and certifies powers of attorney, wills, deeds, contracts and other legal documents, for use in Australia and overseas countries
• Administers oaths for Australian and international documents
• Witnesses signatures to affidavits, statutory declarations, powers of attorney, contracts, and other documents, for use in Australia and overseas countries
• Verifies documents for use in Australia and overseas countries
• Certifies copy documents for use in Australia and overseas countries
• Exemplifies official documents for use internationally
• Notes and protests bills of exchange
• Prepares ships’ protests

A Public Notary must…

• Confirm the true identity of a signatory by careful examination of an identity document, such as a current Driver’s Licence or Passport;
• Determine that a signatory does not suffer any legal incapacity, such as a congenital disability, physical or mental illness, physical
• Ensure that a signatory fully understands the nature and effect of the contents of a document to be signed and witnessed;
• Ascertain that a signatory acting in an official representative capacity e.g. a secretary or director of an ASIC registered Company, has the Company’s authority to sign on behalf of the Company; and
• Refuse notary services if a document constitutes a fraud or an unlawful act.