The professional activities of a notary are divided into two domains: notarial acts (traditional notarial authentication and certification) and notarial services (e.g. counselling and conciliation). More information about the professional activities of notaries can be found on the website of the Chamber of Notaries (website partly in Estonian).

COMMON TRANSACTIONS SUBJECT TO NOTARIAL AUTHENTICATION:

  • contracts for the acquisition, transfer or encumbrance of a registered immovable or apartment ownership with a real right (e.g. right of superficies, real servitude, usufruct, personal right of use, mortgage);
  • commercial pledge agreements;
  • agreements for the transfer and pledge of membership in a building association;
  • memorandums of association, merger and division agreements;
  • agreements for the transfer and pledge of the shares of a private limited company;
  • marital property contracts;
  • wills;
  • powers of attorney;
  • resolution of succession matters;
  • certification of public documents by apostille.
The notarial fees payable for notarial acts have been established with the Notary Fees Act (website in Estonian).
The notary fee calculator (website in Estonian) provides information about the notary fee and state fee payable for the authentication of contracts.


THE NOTARIAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY A NOTARY UPON AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NOTARY AND THE CUSTOMER:

  • legal counselling not related to a notarial act;
  • conducting of auctions, voting, ballots, drawing of lots and authentication of the results on the basis of the Notarisation Act;
  • taking persons’ oaths and authentication of statements given under oath on the basis of the Notarisation Act;
  • forwarding of petitions and notices outside not related to the notarial act and issuing of certificates concerning the forwarding or impossibility to forward thereof on the basis of the Notarisation Act;
  • depositing of money, except cash, securities, documents and other items, if this is not an official duty or an official duty arising from it.
The notarial fees for notarial services will be agreed with the customer in each occasion, and the agreement will be based on the nature of the work and the amount of time it will take.