Notary Public services for individuals

Notarial services for personal documents

Typically, if you need our notarial services you will have been told to get something “notarised” by a foreign lawyer or public authority. Our role is to ensure that:

• you understand what it is you are being asked to do; and
• to authenticate who you are and what is said in the document.

We are not a rubber-stamping exercise and our careful authentication is the key to our services and enables foreign lawyers to trust that anything that has been notarised in this country can be relied upon.

What is a Notary Public?

Documents to be used overseas often need to be prepared or certified by a Notary Public. A Notary Public is internationally recognised and authorised to prepare and certify the signing of many different types of document.

Clarke Willmott Notaries can advise you on whether your document only requires notarising to be valid or whether it also needs an apostille from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to be legal.

Our notary services

Clarke Willmott can deal with a wide range of personal documents for foreign use including:

• Preparation and execution of powers of attorney
• Certifying documents for use abroad
• Helping with paperwork for getting married or working abroad
• Overseas adoptions
• Visa applications
• Bank documents
• Certified copies of passports and other documents
• Certification of academic documents
• Lost passports and other documents

This list is not exhaustive. If you have a document that may need to be notarised, please get in touch on 0800 652 8025.

Often as well as us notarising the document it will also need to have an Apostille attached (essentially a certificate by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office that our seal and signature are the genuine seal and signature of a notary). Depending on the country the document may also need to be legalised by the consulate of that country as well. We can arrange all of that for you.

Clarke Willmott Notaries

Three of our partners at Clarke Willmott Solicitors also hold the office of Notary Public, which is regulated by the Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury.  They perform notary services for private individuals and businesses, through Clarke Willmott Notaries – a separate practice affiliated to Clarke Willmott.

Contact a Clarke Willmott Notary Public today

Our notaries operate from Clarke Willmott’s offices in Southampton and Taunton. With a little notice they can also perform Notary Public duties at our offices in London and Bristol. Additionally we are able to service the Newbury area.

Simply call 0800 652 8205 to discuss your requirements or get in touch online.