North Shore Notary 05 64 Talavera Road, Macquarie Park, New South Wales 2113

Welcome to North Shore Notary, a division of brandU Legal, located at Macquarie Park, Talavera Road, 05 64. As an establishment in Australia, we specialize in providing finance and legal services, specifically as a notary public.

A notary public is a public officer who is appointed for life by a State or Territory Supreme Court or by an English Archbishop in the case of Queensland. Our notaries are experienced solicitors with at least 5 years of practice. They are granted powers to witness documents, administer oaths, and perform other administrative functions. These functions apply to documents used within Australia as well as those used outside of Australia.

All of our notaries' seals and signatures are officially recorded in a database held by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). DFAT is authorized to issue apostille or authentication certificates, certifying the authenticity of the signatures, seals, or stamps of our notaries on documents.

While a Justice of the Peace or solicitor in Australia may provide similar services, they are not permitted to witness documents for use in foreign countries. Only a Notary Public has this exclusive right.

To utilize our services, you will need to bring proof of your identity, such as your original passport and/or driver's license, along with the original documents to be authenticated, certified as a true copy, or witnessed.

The primary role of a Notary Public is to notarize documents, ensuring their legal validity and recognition in overseas countries. This includes but is not limited to obtaining apostille certificates from DFAT. An apostille is only necessary for documents to be used in countries that have signed The Hague Apostille Convention. If a country is not a signatory to the convention, the documents may need to be authenticated by DFAT and then legalized by the consulate/embassy of the destination country.

In cases where your document is required for use in a non-Hague Convention country, you will typically need to have the document authenticated by DFAT and then attested at the relevant embassy or consulate.

North Shore Notary operates under brandU Legal, a specialist intellectual and trade mark law firm based in Sydney, Australia. We are experts in branding and trade mark law, with a particular focus on international trade mark law and procedure.

Visit North Shore Notary today for all your notary public needs, ensuring the legal validity of your documents both domestically and internationally.