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What is the importance of registering a baby?
The Civil Registry is the legal proof of Colombia in which life in the legality of a citizen begins. This allows the new citizen to acquire all his rights as a citizen within his nationality and makes him a part of the country. It is a requirement that will be needed in the future and in your life for various procedures, such as entry to school, permits to leave the country, registration in universities, successions, obtaining a card or identity card.
How to know if a deed is legal or is a fraud?
The first step that must be taken is to contact the notary to request a copy. Each document that is notarized must be recorded and / or copied in the notary. The notary will verify if said document was indeed
produced and legalized by it.
How to know if a property is legal and can be bought or sold?
The exact way to know the status of a property to know if you can buy and sell is to go to the registry
and obtain a Certificate of Freedom and Tradition in the name of the last owner or in his absence of those who
legally can act and process by said person.
Said certificate can be obtained with the real estate registration number. If you have doubts about the consistency
or difference of said data with which the seller is giving you, refrain from carrying out any transaction or
negotiation as it can be a fraud or a scam and verify the ownership of the property before any business.
What requirements must a deed have to be legal?
A deed must have the requirements of law that include,
- The signature of the notary
- Fingerprint certification
- Certification of identities of those who intervene in the act.
- Copy of the legitimate cedulas of those who intervene in the act.
The Notary Public acts in good faith and certifies what those who intervene in the acts manifest until it is proven otherwise.
Who to turn to if you doubt the originality of a document?
Go to the notary where the document was supposedly issued and notarized, where they will guide you on the steps to take if it is illegal.
Is it illegal to sell my mother's property in case the paper was brought to the house and she signed it when she was under the effects of medication, without having gone to the notary?
For the notarization and authentication of a document requires the presentation of those who sign it along with their identity documents. Therefore, this document may not be legal because it does not comply with the basic requirements to authenticate.
What crimes do people who falsify public or private documents incur?
The Colombian law criminalizes with jail from 5 to 10 years those who falsify public or private documents or those who impersonate third parties and process or manage documents in their name. Counterfeiting constitutes a serious crime for the Colombian Law and has consequences such as the deprivation of liberty for those who carry it out.
What is the importance of notarizing documents?
A notarized and authenticated document is proof of the legality of a private document that allows a citizen to record their business or procedures. In the case of contracts of any kind, it duly certifies the dates, amounts, amounts, commitments and clauses and will be of great use in the future when it should be used as a reference.
What documents can be notarized?
- General powers
- All types of contracts
- Specific powers
- Leasing contracts
- Purchase contract sale
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What is a general power for?
A general power of attorney covers a person to act and legally manage on behalf of whoever gives him power. This figure allows parents to be represented by their children or for those who are outside the country to have a person representing them legally in Colombia.
Until when is a general power valid?
The general power to the one who grants it declares that it is no longer valid.
Below we have some of the most frequent questions that citizens may have regarding
to the functions and services of the Notaries:
Can I have same sex marriage in Colombia if none of us is Colombian?
Unfortunately not. Same sex marriage can be carried out when one of the two in the couple is a Colombian National. Two foreigners can’t have same sex colombian laws applied to their union.
The marriage can even be carried out but doesn’t have any legal effects.
What is an Extra Judicial statement?
An extra trial statement is an affirmation that is made in a notary in which the person who makes it, manifests based on his good faith and legal status, on any aspect of his life that he wishes to be notarized as proof and requirement for some other procedure .
In which cases may an Extra Trial statement be needed?
In cases where you want to record and be certified in the Notary on aspects of life of those who make the statement:
- civil status
- health condition
- use of faculties
- fatherhood
- fact states
Public Alert!
Please verify that the documents from the Notary Public 68 that come to your hands are original! Unscrupulous people can falsify documents!