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Identification Requirements
Notaries are required to keep records of clients and ensure appropriate identification of the client has taken place.
Please make sure you bring with you:
Photographic Identification
This should be an unexpired passport, drivers licence or national identity card.
Proof of address
This should be dated within the last 3 months and can be a utility bill or bank statement.
If you don’t have some of the above available, please speak to us and we can advise on how best to satisfy our requirements.
For business clients, notaries will (in addition to checking your personal identity) often need to establish that the company or organisation which you represent actually exists and in many cases that you are authorised to represent that company or organisation. In the case of companies or organisations based in the United Kingdom, the notary will generally conduct his own checks to satisfy himself that the company or organisation exists.
In some cases (particularly for companies or organisations established overseas) he may ask you to produce certain documents. These might include a certificate of incorporation, good standing certificate or other similar evidence.
If the notary has to certify your authority to represent a company or organisation, additional documentation will be requested, for example:-
- Constitutional documents (e.g. memorandum and articles of association)
- Power of Attorney
- Chamber of Commerce certificate
- Board Resolutions
- Authorised signatory book (in the case of banks)
Your notary will be happy to advise exactly what will be required in any particular case.
Wharf Notaries in Canary Wharf
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