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name: notary
description: "Occupational skill for the role 'notary' (also: common law notary, public notary, notarial officer, civil law notary, law signing agent, notary signing agent). Use when the user asks for typical notary work such as: typical notary responsibilities"
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# Notary

Notaries ensure the authenticity and legitimacy of official documents such as declarations, certificates, contracts, deeds and purchases. They examine the documents, witness the signing and authenticate them. They administer oaths and affirmations and perform other acts of notarisation.

## Core workflow


## How to use this skill

- Read [references/profile.md](references/profile.md) for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult [references/tasks.md](references/tasks.md) for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check [references/skills.md](references/skills.md) for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check [references/tools.md](references/tools.md) for the software commonly used in this role.
- See [references/ai-skills.md](references/ai-skills.md) — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).

## Key competences (essential)

- administer oaths
- advise on legal services
- authenticate documents
- check official documents
- civil law
- constitutional law
- contract law
- interpret law
- issue official documents
- law of non-marital cohabitation
- private law
- property law
- public law
- take affidavits
- witness the signing of documents


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## Hot technologies

Top tools from 36 gated job ads (see references/market.md, as of 2026-07-18):

- Microsoft Office — 8 %

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*Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/d21890a3-cbe9-49df-9a19-a4120d866548), O*NET 30.3 (43-9199.00, manual nearest match). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*