Services

A Notary Public serves in cases involving affidavits, statutory declarations, powers-of-attorney, estates, and/or business and real estate transactions. A notary can administer oaths and affirmations, take affidavits and statutory declarations, witness and authenticate the execution of certain documents, and certify true copies.

A Notary can be helpful when you need to authenticate a document, to make an oath or a solemn affirmation as to the truthfulness of a statement or document such as an affidavit, to execute paperwork for an estate, a deed, or a trust, or to complete a business transaction or a sale of real estate. A Commissioner for Oaths or a Notary Public must witness and properly administer an oath or affirmation in order for any document used for court cases or other legal proceedings to be admitted as evidence.

A Commissioner for Oaths is much more limited in his/her powers, but is still entitled to take affidavits and statutory declarations, with the required oaths and/or declarations. Commissioners do not affix a notarial seal to documents. The appointment of Commissioners for Oaths falls under the Commissioners for Oaths Act (Chapter C-20).

A Commissioner is necessary to properly administer an affidavit or statutory declaration, including the preceding oath and/or affirmation. As stated earlier, any document used in a court case or other legal proceeding must be sworn or affirmed to before either a Commissioner for Oaths or a Notary Public in order to be admissible as evidence.