Consejo General del Notariado

Spain’s national notarial institution

The Consejo General del Notariado represents and coordinates notaries in Spain. Its website, notariado.org, serves as an information and services portal for individuals and businesses, explaining the role of a notary and providing access to notarial services.

Services and subject areas

The website organizes information into several sections:

• The Notary: who notaries are, how to become one, what they do, and the types of notarial documents.
• Services for individuals and businesses: contracts, grants and subsidies, and access to regional notarial associations.
• Procedures and services: personal and family matters, homes and real estate, mortgages and loans, businesses and companies, powers of attorney, notarial certificates, notarial mediation, and a one-stop service portal.
• E-Notary: modernization of the profession, electronic signatures, the private notarial network, case-management systems, a unified index, and online services.
• Publications: Escritura Pública, Revista Jurídica del Notariado, Cuadernos de Derecho y Comercio, Derecho Privado y Constitución, books, and informational brochures.

Online tools

A notary locator lets users search by name, postal code, city, and language. A protocol locator helps find deeds by notary and date. The site also offers a “Ask a Notary” service with answers to common questions about estates, wills, mortgages, and corporate matters.

Citizen Notarial Portal

The site points to the Citizen Notarial Portal, portalnotarial.es, where individuals and businesses can choose a notary and complete a range of procedures and services online.

International work and public information

The Council participates in international organizations, including the Council of the Notariats of the European Union (CNUE) and the International Union of Notaries (UINL), and provides information about notarial services around the world.

Its website also publishes news, press releases, videos, and features such as “Decisive Moments” and “Rural Notaries,” along with informational brochures, some in easy-to-read formats.