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42200.03 – Notaries public

Notaries public administer oaths, take affidavits, sign legal documents and perform other activities according to the scope of their practice.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Notary public

Core competencies

  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving to prepare contracts or legal documents to clients' specifications, analyze the situation and suggest alternative options that comply with regulations
  • Reading Comprehension to read complex legal texts and ensure all elements of documents are correctly interpreted and processed
  • Verbal Ability and Speech Clarity to communicate clearly when taking oaths, as well as explain documents to clients to prevent misunderstandings
  • Written Expression to accurately and clearly document legal documents and oaths
  • Attention to Detail to carefully review legal documents to prevent errors that could impact cases
  • Knowledge in Law to understand the specific legal requirements for various documents and oaths to ensure validity, such as witnessing signatures, verifying identities and ensuring documents are completed correctly

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Administer oaths and take affidavits and depositions
  • Witness and certify the validity of signatures on documents
  • May draft contracts, prepare promissory notes and draw up wills, mortgages and other legal documents
  • May arrange probates and administer the estates of deceased persons.

Additional information

  • Notaries public usually receive in-house training and perform their duties in rural or remote areas or in the business offices in which they are employed.

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NOC hierarchy breakdown

NOC version

NOC 2021 Version 1.0

Broad occupational category

4 – Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services

TEER

2 – Occupations usually require a college diploma or apprenticeship training of two or more years; or supervisory occupations

Major group

42 – Front-line public protection services and paraprofessional occupations in legal, social, community, education services

Sub-major group

422 – Paraprofessional occupations in legal, social, community and education services

Minor group

4220 – Paraprofessional occupations in legal, social, community and education services

Unit group

42200 – Paralegals and related occupations

Occupational profile

42200.03 – Notaries public

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