If you ever thought about becoming a Notary, then this article is for you. You will learn everything about becoming a Notary, where a Notary works, how much he gets paid, what kind of additional in-service training he need, how you can become a Notary, some of the dangers involved in the job, when you can expect to retire and how you can make a difference in the lives of people you serve. I am very motivated to write this article because becoming a Notary is my dream job since I was young. I would like to share this wonderful job.
A notary is a public officer that act in a liberal way. This means that he act by giving some advice to his clients, but he never chooses for them. He gives possibility to his clients, and they choose after. A notary writes legal document and help people on important things of their lives. He also acts like a mediator to see every possibility with his clients. If you want to be a notary, you have to be a great listener and a great analytic to, because you will have to help your client with his problem. He also has to be neutral. A notary is usually working in an office.
A Notary usually makes some legal documents for his clients. Most of the time, those legal documents are about a wedding, a testament, a mortgage, a will, a contract of divorce and many others. In all those documents, the notary put his signature to attest the document about what his client wants. At this point, he agrees with his client. Before that, the notary has to give some possibility to his client to make sure he is taking the right choice. He usually acts like a mediator in some case, so that the client doesn't need to go in court. Everything he signed have a legal status.
On a typical day, a Notary is always helping people on important things of their lives, like a weeding contract, a mortgage, a will and many others. He is giving some advice to his client to solve problems. He writes a lot of documents on legal rules. He takes care of his client by making sure he is well-protected legally and financially. He also sometimes represent a client in court, but not in a typical court when everyone fights, but in court where he can help his client. For example, to adopt a child.
A Notary is usually working in an office. Where he can work alone or with some colleague. He sometimes goes to court but not very much. He works 40 hours a week, but sometimes he can work more than that, and he can also work on weekends. (Éducaloi)
To become a Notary, you have to do your bachelor in law at the university, but you can also get your licence in law from the Civil Law Section of the University of Ottawa. After, you need to do your master in the notary Law program, and you will get your diploma. You need to do 32 weeks professional training that are supervised by the Chambre des notaires du Québec. This trainee will also require a final exam that you need to pass if you want to be a notary. Once all this is done, you will be able to be a notary according to professional laws and regulations. (Chaire du notariat)
A Notary is making between $30 000 and $100 000 over a year, depending on his work (if he has a lot of cases, if he works a lot, if he has employees...). A notary is deciding his salary by deciding his price on every contract. (Éducaloi)
A Notary needs to be really pro-active and informed about the law. The law can change, and he needs to be prepared when it changes. He can read a lot of books to know every law. He also need to follow and Education program during his whole career, to stay informed. He needs to be a part of La Chambre des notaires du Québec if he wants to practice, and he needs to assist to a lot of conference. (Chambre des notaires du Québec)
Being a notary has its share of dangers, the most common are receiving threats from people and getting emotionally involved. As a notary, you need to understand your clients and help them, but you should never get involved emotionally when you make a testament or a contract of divorce even if your client is your friend. You also should be careful about taking a side when you make divorce papers. You need to be neutral, and consider your client's rights. (Chambre des notaires du Québec et Éducaloi)
There is not a lot of chances that a notary may be replaced by a robot, because a robot can't give advice to clients. A robot can only give some possibility, but can't say if it is the right thing to his client or not because he is not able to understand his client and have a conversation with him. However, a robot is able to sign papers, so he would be able to put his signature on legal documents. (La Chambre des notaires du Québec)
Most of the notaries retire between 65 ans 70 years old, but some notaries also decide to work during their whole life and don't get retired. (Chambre des notaires du Québec)
So far, I'm in cegep and, I study in Social Sciences. I still have one session to do before I can go to the university. After this session, I will go in university and do my bachelor in law, so that I can do my master in the notary Law program and be a Notary after five years of university. My goal is to be a notary, and I'm sure that I'm going to be able to attempt my goal.
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