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Notary in Barcelona

Our notary office in Barcelona is located on Avenida Diagonal (corner with Aribau street) in the heart of Eixample, one of the most emblematic neighborhoods and easily accessible from anywhere in the city.

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Monday
9:00 - 14:00
Tuesday
9:00 - 14:00
Wednesday
9:00 - 14:00
Thursday
9:00 - 19:00
Friday
9:00 - 14:00
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
Closed
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Notary in Barcelona

As a notary's office in Barcelona we want to be part of the important moments in the daily life of any person or company. Our commitment is to solve in an agile and efficient way any kind of notarial procedure you may need, making your daily needs our notarial services!

My objective as a notary in Barcelona is to show in the closest, most complete and orderly way possible through this website the many notary services we offer to citizens, banks and companies in the city of Barcelona. When you go to any notary office you should always keep in mind:

  1. In Spain there are almost 3,000 active notaries distributed throughout the country.
  2. Citizens are guaranteed the right to freely choose the notary of their choice.
  3. No notary can randomly charge whatever he/she wants, since notary fees are strictly regulated by law.

Therefore, when you need and choose a notary it should always be for the quality of the notarial service offered.

Notarial blog

Don’t expect to find any in-depth legal lectures on this blog. Its aim is to explain, in the simplest and most practical way possible, the various legal and notarial situations that anyone might encounter throughout their life.

This is a purely informational blog whose main purpose is to help answer questions. It seeks to address and combine both classic or traditional issues as well as more current topics, always within the realm of notarial law.

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What happens when there is no reference value? What value do I have to declare at the time of liquidating the Transfer Tax?
Real estate and mortgage
Since the entry into force of the famous "reference value" at the beginning of 2022, as a key element for calculating the ITP taxable base in the sale and purchase of real estate, the taxation of these transactions has been greatly simplified.
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Real estate and mortgage
Real estate and mortgage
Why do I have to wait 10 days to sign my mortgage? And in Catalonia, why is it 14 days?
Real estate and mortgage
The current legislation is designed to protect the mortgagor. Find out here about the deadlines to take into account when signing your mortgage.
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Real estate and mortgage
Real estate and mortgage
Practical guide (step by step) for inheritance proceedings
Inheritance and donations
A simple and practical guide for any interested party to know how to proceed to accept and process the corresponding inheritance.
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Inheritance and donations
Inheritance and donations
Early mortgage cancellation and financial loss. That great unknown
Real estate and mortgage
Find here all the information about fees or compensation that you must pay to your financial institution when you pay off your mortgage early.
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Real estate and mortgage
Real estate and mortgage
I want to buy a house on which there is a mortgage and I want to cancel it... How should I proceed and who assumes the costs of this cancellation?
Real estate and mortgage
This is one of the issues that generates the most nervousness and interest in the parties involved in a real estate sale and purchase, especially in the home buyer.
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Real estate and mortgage
Real estate and mortgage
Do I "always" have to pay municipal capital gains tax when I sell my home?
Real estate and mortgage
Everything you need to know about municipal capital gains tax [Impuesto sobre el Incremento de Valor de los Terrenos de Naturaleza Urbana] when you sell your home.
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Real estate and mortgage
Real estate and mortgage

IF YOU HAVE TO FORCE IT, IT 'S NOT YOUR SIZE.

CREATIVE IS NOT THE ONE WHO IMAGINES, BUT THE ONE WHO MAKES IMAGINE.

YOU MUST NOT SET LIMITS ON ANYTHING. THE MORE YOU DREAM, THE FURTHER YOU GO.

I GO AFTER WHAT IS DIFFICULT BECAUSE THERE IS ALWAYS A QUEUE FOR WHAT IS EASY.

YOU BECOME THE PEOPLE YOU SPEND THE MOST TIME WITH. CHOOSE THEM WISELY.

I LIKE IT WHEN YOU SMILE, BUT I LOVE IT WHEN I'M THE REASON.

WORTH THE JOY AND NOT THE PAIN.

IF YOU ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE DIFFERENT, NEVER CHANGE.

TO BE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IS TO BE NO ONE.

DON'T PROCRASTINATE.

SINCE WE ARE PASSING THROUGH, LET'S LEAVE BEAUTIFUL FOOTPRINTS.

IT TAKES TWO YEARS TO LEARN TO SPEAK AND SIXTY TO LEARN TO BE SILENT.

LOVE AND HAPPINESS ARE NOT PUBLISHED, THEY ARE LIVED.

FLEE FROM PEOPLE WHO DULL YOUR SMILE.

YOUR LIFE IS NOW.

LIFE TEACHES YOU WHO IS, WHO MAYBE, WHO MAYBE NOT AND WHO NEVER.

IF IT WASN'T YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET YOU?

THE SMALLEST ACTION IS BETTER THAN THE GREATEST INTENTION.

INSIST, PERSIST, RESIST AND NEVER GIVE UP.

LIFE IS SUCH A GOOD TEACHER THAT IF YOU DON'T LEARN THE LESSON... IT REPEATS IT BACK TO YOU.

IT'S NOT THE APPEARANCE, IT'S THE ESSENCE. IT'S NOT THE MONEY, IT'S THE EDUCATION. IT'S NOT THE CLOTHES, IT'S THE CLASS.

IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO EMBARK ON A NEW COURSE, LIVE A NEW STORY OR BUILD A NEW DREAM.

IF YOU DON'T GO FOR EVERYTHING , WHAT DO YOU GO FOR?

LIFE IS NOT MEASURED IN MINUTES , IT IS MEASURED IN MOMENTS.

SUCCESS IS THE SUM OF SMALL EFFORTS REPEATED DAY AFTER DAY.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK WHEN YOU LOSE INTEREST IN LOOKING BACK.

THERE ARE THREE THINGS IN LIFE THAT YOU SHOULD NEVER LOSE: YOUR SMILE, YOUR JOY AND YOUR WAY OF BEING.

LIFE IS MOMENTS, LIVE IT!

I HAVE MY SMILE READY FOR WHEN I SEE YOU.

IF YOU WANT TO LIVE A HAPPY LIFE, TIE IT TO A GOAL, NOT TO A PERSON OR AN OBJECT.

IT IS EASY TO BE HAPPY, WHAT IS DIFFICULT IS TO BE SIMPLE.

YOUR BELIEFS DON'T MAKE YOU A BETTER PERSON, YOUR ACTIONS DO.

LIFE IS LIKE A MIRROR: IT SMILES AT YOU IF YOU LOOK AT IT SMILING.

WE ARE INSTANTS.

POTHOLES ARE ALSO PART OF THE ROAD.

THE PESSIMIST SEES THE GLASS AS HALF EMPTY, THE OPTIMIST SEES THE GLASS AS HALF FULL AND THE ENTREPRENEUR GOES IN SEARCH OF MORE WATER.

WHAT TODAY SEEMS CRAZY, TOMORROW WILL BE ONE OF YOUR BEST MEMORIES.

COMFORT KILLS PROGRESS.

YOU CREATE YOUR OWN OPPORTUNITIES.

ELIMINATE FROM YOUR LIFE EVERYTHING THAT CAUSES YOU STRESS AND TAKES AWAY YOUR SMILE.

HAVING A PURPOSE AWAKENS THE SENSES.

WHAT IS FOR ONE EVENTUALLY ARRIVES, AND WHAT IS NOT , TIME ITSELF TAKES IT AWAY.

DO IT NOW, SOMETIMES "LATER" BECOMES "NEVER".

DO NOT SERVE SO THAT YOUR PRESENCE IS NOTICED, BUT SO THAT YOUR ABSENCE IS FELT.

GENIUS IS 1% INSPIRATION AND 99% PERSPIRATION.

IT IS BETTER TO BE HURT BY A TRUTH THAN COMFORTED BY A LIE.

NEVER FORGET WHY YOU STARTED.

THE ONLY WAY TO DO A GREAT JOB IS TO LOVE WHAT YOU DO.

THE BEST MAKEUP IS A SMILE, THE BEST JEWELRY IS HUMILITY, THE BEST CLOTHES ARE ATTITUDE AND THE BEST MEDICINE IS LOVE.

IT IS IN THE SMALL DETAILS THAT WE DISCOVER GREAT PEOPLE.

GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO WAIT FOR THEM: THE BEST THINGS HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO GO FOR THEM.

SMALL MOMENTS, GREAT MEMORIES.

WE DON'T ALWAYS GET WHAT WE WANT, BUT SOONER OR LATER LIFE GIVES US WHAT WE DESERVE.

MAY ALL GOOD THINGS FOLLOW YOU, FIND YOU AND STAY WITH YOU.

THE ONLY PLACE WHERE "SUCCESS" COMES BEFORE "WORK" IS IN THE DICTIONARY.

BELIEVING THAT EVERYTHING HAS A SOLUTION IS NOT OPTIMISM, IT IS TALENT.

YIELDING IS NOT A SIGN OF WEAKNESS, IT IS A SIGN OF GREATNESS.

EDUCATION IS THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON YOU CAN USE TO CHANGE THE WORLD.

DON'T TELL ME THE HOURS YOU WORK, TELL ME WHAT YOU GET.

MAYBE HEARTS ARE BROKEN BY PUTTING IN PEOPLE WHO DON'T FIT INSIDE.

HE IS NOT STRONG WHO DOES NOT NEED HELP, BUT HE WHO HAS THE COURAGE TO ASK FOR IT WHEN HE NEEDS IT.

WORK ON YOURSELF EVERY DAY.

WIPE THE SLATE CLEAN AND SMILE AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

THERE IS NO BETTER MEDICINE THAN TO THINK HAPPY THOUGHTS.

THE WORD CONVINCES, BUT THE EXAMPLE DRAGS.

THE VALUE OF LIFE IS IN UNDERSTANDING THAT YOUR FAMILY IS PRICELESS, THAT YOUR HEALTH IS YOUR TRUE WEALTH AND THAT YOUR TIME IS WORTH GOLD.

HE WHO WANTS TO EXCEL, DOES NOT SEE OBSTACLES, HE SEES DREAMS.

WHATEVER YOU DO, DO IT WITH PASSION.

BE YOURSELF, ALL OTHER POSITIONS ARE FILLED.

SOMETIMES THINGS COME WHEN YOU STOP LOOKING. WHAT IS FOR YOU, NO ONE CAN TAKE AWAY FROM YOU.

IF SOMEONE TELLS YOU THAT SOMETHING IS IMPOSSIBLE, DON'T LISTEN TO THEM. HE IS TALKING ABOUT HIS LIMITATIONS, NOT YOURS.

IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU HARVEST, ANALYZE AND CHANGE WHAT YOU SOW.

IT TAKES SADNESS TO KNOW HAPPINESS, NOISE TO APPRECIATE SILENCE, AND ABSENCE TO VALUE PRESENCE.

HE WHO DID NOT WANT TO WHEN HE COULD, WILL NOT BE ABLE TO WHEN HE WANTS TO... ATTESTED: THE OPPORTUNITY.

A POSITIVE PERSON TURNS PROBLEMS INTO CHALLENGES, NEVER OBSTACLES.

ENJOY, NOTHING IS FOREVER.

IF IT DOESN'T ADD UP, DON'T SUBTRACT.

SUCCESS IN LIFE IS NOT IN ALWAYS WINNING, BUT IN NEVER GIVING UP.

THE WORLD CHANGES BY YOUR EXAMPLE, NOT BY YOUR OPINION.

THE TASTE OF LIFE DEPENDS ON WHO TASTES IT.

GOOD IS NEVER EASY. EASY IS NEVER GOOD.

LIFE WILL PUT OBSTACLES IN YOUR WAY, BUT YOU SET THE LIMITS.

THE ONLY IMPOSSIBLE THING IS WHAT YOU DON'T TRY.

MORE SUBSTANCE, LESS APPEARANCE.

BEAUTY BEGINS WITH THE DECISION TO BE YOURSELF.

DO IT. THEY WILL CRITICIZE YOU ANYWAY.

JUDGING A PERSON DOES NOT DEFINE WHO THEY ARE... IT DEFINES WHO YOU ARE.

TODAY'S TASK: LISTEN TO MUSIC, SAY THANK YOU, LAUGH OUT LOUD, GIVE A GOOD KISS, GIVE A HUG. REPEAT MANY TIMES.

IF YOU GIVE A LOT, IT IS BECAUSE YOU ARE A LOT. NO ONE GIVES WHAT THEY DON'T HAVE.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHO YOU ARE AND WHO YOU WANT TO BE IS WHAT YOU DO.

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT SHINING, IT'S ABOUT HELPING OTHERS SHINE WITH YOU.

ONLY ONE THING MAKES A DREAM IMPOSSIBLE: THE FEAR OF FAILURE.

A DAY WITHOUT LAUGHTER IS A DAY LOST.

MISTAKES ARE FOR LEARNING, NOT FOR REPEATING.

WHO HAS MAGIC... DOESN'T NEED TRICKS.

WHAT YOU DENY SUBDUES YOU, WHAT YOU ACCEPT TRANSFORMS YOU.

THINK THREE TIMES AS MUCH, DO TWICE AS MUCH AND TALK HALF AS MUCH.

THE PESSIMIST COMPLAINS ABOUT THE WIND; THE OPTIMIST HOPES IT WILL CHANGE, THE REALIST ADJUSTS THE SAILS.

THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO SEE WHAT IS INVISIBLE TO OTHERS.

I ALSO BELIEVE IN LOVE AT FIRST LAUGH.

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Frequently asked questions about notaries in Barcelona

What services does a notary's office in Barcelona offer?

Our notary office in Barcelona offers a wide range of legal services in different categories:

  • Inheritance and donations
  • Mercantil
  • Real estate and mortgage
  • Family
  • Powers of Attorney
  • Minutes
  • Policies
  • Legitimations
  • Testimonials

As a notary's office we have specialized and have grown in team and experience in all procedures related to the purchase and sale of real estate in Barcelona and the cancellation of mortgages, as well as in the support of inheritance procedures . Additionally, we have a team specially dedicated to the support of companies for commercial procedures and a team focused on the signing of family procedures.

How can I make an appointment at a notary's office in Barcelona?

In our notary's office you can make your appointment conveniently online through our appointment request form. Make sure you have all the necessary documentation ready or contact us in case you have any doubts.

What do I need to sign a document at a notary's office in Barcelona?

The documentation required to sign may vary depending on the procedure or other factors. You can search through our services for your procedure and find detailed information on the individual service pages.

How much does a notary service in Barcelona cost?

The cost of a notary service in Barcelona, as in the rest of Spain, can vary depending on the type of procedure you need to perform. Notaries in Spain have rates regulated by the State, which means that the prices for certain services are fixed and must be respected by all notaries. However, the final cost may vary depending on the complexity of the document or the number of parties involved. In our article "Did you know that.... all notaries must charge the same?" we explain everything in detail.

Is it possible to carry out notarial procedures online in Barcelona?

Since last November 2023 citizens in Spain can do their paperwork online through the Citizen's Notarial Portal. We explain in detail how it works in our page about the Notarial Portal.

Can I receive legal advice at a notary's office in Barcelona?

Yes, you can receive legal advice at a notary's office in Barcelona, although the type of advice a notary can provide is specific and is focused primarily on the documents and formalities that are being formalized before him or her. Notaries in Spain are legal professionals with extensive legal training, and their role includes ensuring that notarial acts and contracts comply with the law and protect the interests of all parties involved. Our team of professionals will be happy to support you with your paperwork. Make your inquiry directly online and we will contact you.

Can notaries in Barcelona handle paperwork for foreigners?

Yes, since Barcelona is a city with a high number of foreign residents and visitors, notaries are accustomed to handling international cases and, in many cases, offer multilingual services to facilitate communication. This includes a variety of essential services. You will find our services offered with the documentation requirements you need to provide.

What are the differences between a notary and a lawyer in Barcelona?

In Barcelona, as in the rest of Spain, the professions of notary and lawyer have different roles and responsibilities, although both work in the legal field. Here I explain the main differences:

  1. Function and objectives:
    • Notary: The main function of a notary is to confer public faith to the documents and acts that are formalized before him, ensuring their legality, authenticity and legal certainty. Notaries act as an impartial intermediary between the parties to ensure that all legal requirements are met and that agreements are properly documented.
    • Lawyer: Lawyers represent and defend the interests of their clients in various legal matters, both in and out of court. Their role is to provide legal advice to their clients, prepare the defense and representation in litigation, and guide in legal proceedings and decisions.
  2. Impartiality:
    • Notary: Must maintain a neutral position, ensuring that all parties understand the content and legal consequences of the documents and acts they sign.
    • Lawyer: He is committed to defend his client's interests, acting in a partial manner in favor of his client.
  3. Legal documents:
    • Notary: Has the exclusive authority to create public documents (such as deeds of sale, wills and powers of attorney) that have a high degree of reliability and are directly enforceable.
    • Lawyer: Prepares writings and private documents, such as contracts, lawsuits and other legal documents that may need to be validated or notarized in order to have certain legal formalities.
  4. Requirements to practice:
    • Notary: To become a notary in Spain, it is necessary to pass a rigorous national examination and be appointed by the Ministry of Justice. Notaries are civil servants.
    • Lawyer: Lawyers must obtain a law degree, pass the bar exam and be admitted to the corresponding bar association.
  5. Scope of work:
    • Notary: His work is more focused on the prevention of litigation, ensuring that acts and contracts are clear and within the law.
    • Attorney: May be involved in a wide range of legal situations, including litigation, legal advice, negotiations and mediations between conflicting parties.

These differences underscore the importance of each profession within the legal system and how they complement the legal spectrum by serving society's various legal needs. You can find more information about the requirements to become a notary in our article "Did you know that... to become a notary it is necessary to have a law degree and then study a tough opposition?"

Can I freely choose any notary's office in Barcelona?

Yes, you can freely choose any notary's office in Barcelona to carry out your legal and notarial procedures. In Spain, notaries are liberal professionals and citizens have the right to choose the notary's office they prefer, although you must keep in mind that they are assigned to a locality and have a territorial limit. You can select a notary based on criteria such as proximity, recommendations, specialization in certain services, or even the speed and efficiency of the service offered. This flexibility is part of the guarantee of access to quality notary services tailored to your specific needs. You can find more information in our article on whether you can choose the notary you want.

How do clients who have visited our notary's office in Barcelona rate our services?

Our clients highly value the services we offer in our notary's office in Barcelona. This is reflected in our Google Maps profile. This exceptional level of satisfaction underscores our commitment to excellence, meticulous and personalized attention, and our ability to guide clients through their legal and notarial needs in an effective and transparent manner. Each review is a testament to the effort and dedication we put into ensuring that each client receives the best possible service.