{"id":7774,"date":"2020-04-03T17:25:45","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T21:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viacapitaledumontroyal.com\/?p=7774"},"modified":"2020-06-17T13:17:30","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T17:17:30","slug":"radioimmo-real-estate-transactions-can-notaries-sign-deeds-during-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viacapitaledumontroyal.com\/en\/radioimmo-real-estate-transactions-can-notaries-sign-deeds-during-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"RadioImmo | Real estate transactions: can notaries sign deeds during COVID 19?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Government measures, which have been in place since the beginning of the health crisis, continue to evolve as the days go by. <\/span><\/h2>\n

But what about notarized deeds? We give you more information in our weekly bulletin.<\/span><\/p>\n

For all our clients, for whom we are ever-present at the other end of the line, we have developed two weekly reports in order to keep track of real estate news in the face of the recent turmoil caused by the Coronavirus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In our last column, our speaker Ma\u00eetre Couturier, President of the Association Professionnelle des Notaires du Qu\u00e9bec, addressed the topic of notarial deeds, and more specifically on the implementation of the recently authorized electronic signature.<\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, since April 1st of this year, notaries are considered by the Government of Quebec as essential players to conclude urgent and necessary real estate transactions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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How to sign a notarial deed from a distance, 100% virtual? <\/strong><\/h3>\n

Notaries can now sign deeds of sale by videoconference, “a revolutionary process in the real estate industry” according to Nathalie Cl\u00e9ment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Key elements to understand<\/strong><\/h3>\n

It is essential that both parties accept this virtual procedure, it is necessary to be able to have videoconferencing, and to provide a digital signature.<\/span><\/p>\n

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