By: Víctor Vindel
The deputies of the Legislation and Constitutional Points Commission ruled in favor of reforming the Notary Law to implement a system that will make legal processes more agile by means of technology, considering the guarantee in all the processes to be executed, as well as security and transparency.
The reforms will allow the sending of the expired or exhausted protocol book electronically, as well as the annexes that are part of the book, such remission must have the certified electronic signature of each Notary.
The notary must keep the physical books and other documents in his possession for a period of fifteen years, after the delivery of the electronic document, and may be required by the competent authority to present the physical book at any time if so required.
Another relevant aspect of the reforms made to the Notary Law is that all wills granted by notaries must be sent electronically with the notaries’ certified electronic signature, as well as the notarial acts that are authorized must be sent within five days following the date of their execution, and the copy in the electronic document must also be sent with the notary’s certified electronic signature.