how would you advertise notary public in spanish

Question

work for a tax office and we offer notary public services but most of our clients are hispanics we have been told that we can't translate notary public to notario publico because that references a lawyer or legal education of some sort we just want to make sure that we are advertising correctly

Please remember that correct spelling and capitalization are mandatory on this site, welcome to the forum:) - 00494d19, Jan 11, 2012

Answer 1

Hi:

The notion of "notario" is not universal. In Canada, for instance, they have attorneys in all provinces but in the French province of Quebec, they also have notaries. There's a real difference between them.

So it may be the same in various countries. The best way to announce the service might be: public legal asesor or legal advisor.

Answer 2

In Mexico a notary is Notaria. A lowyer is "abogado" But you should know that the type of notary services typical in the us generally are not used in Mexico. A Notaria is used primarily for real estate deals. Most everything else is done by Abogados.

If you are here in the US I would use Notario Publico and then when asked explain the difference. I assume also that though hispanic you clients live in the US and will know the difference.