Recursos internacionales del Notariado
It is increasingly common for a notarial operation to have an international component: foreign citizens who acquire property in Spain, Spaniards residing abroad, inheritances with assets located in different countries, companies with international activity or documents that must take effect outside of Spain.
In order to facilitate these actions, there are various official organizations and platforms that offer legal information, consultation tools and directories of notaries specialized in cross-border matters.
Council of Notaries of the European Union (CNUE)
The Council of Notaries of the European Union (CNUE) is the organization that represents the notaries of the Member States of the European Union before the European institutions. In addition to its institutional work, it makes numerous resources on European law and notarial cooperation available to citizens, companies and professionals.
Among its main utilities are:
- Practical information about the role of the notary in the different countries of the European Union.
- Access to the European Directory of Notaries to locate a notary in another Member State.
- Legal information on international inheritance, purchase and sale of real estate, matrimonial property regimes and registered partnerships, protection of minors and vulnerable people and other matters with a European dimension.
- Resources on the European Certificate of Succession and other instruments provided for by European Union Law.
- Information on European projects and cross-border judicial cooperation.
European Directory of Notaries
https://www.notaries-directory.eu
The European Directory of Notaries is an official tool promoted by the CNUE that allows you to locate notaries in the participating countries quickly and easily. It is especially useful when it is necessary to grant or complete a legal operation in another State.
Its features include:
- Search for notaries by country, city or location.
- Locating notaries who speak a specific language.
- Contact and location information for thousands of European notaries.
- Access to specialized resources on:
- international successions
- buying real estate in Europe
- protection measures for minors and vulnerable people
- the European Network of Registers of Wills (ENRWA), for locating wills
- the European Notarial Network (ENN), which facilitates cooperation between notaries in cross-border matters.
International Union of Notaries (UINL)
The International Union of Notaries (UINL) brings together notaries of the Latin legal tradition from more than ninety countries around the world. Its purpose is to promote preventive legal security, international cooperation and the development of the notarial function.
Its website offers, among other resources:
- Information about the different notarial systems members of the organization.
- Publications and reports on comparative law and international cooperation.
- Practical guides for citizens, such as purchasing real estate in other countries.
- News, conferences and international activities of the Notariat.
- Multilingual legal glossaries and resources on international powers.