Notarial Ratification in Barcelona

The meaning of ratify is to affirm, validate or confirm a previous act, agreement or declaration that requires additional support in order to be perfected and to deploy all its effects.

Thus, in a notarial ratification, a person confirms and gives validity before a Notary to an act or transaction that another person has carried out on their behalf, when they had not been given sufficient power of representation for the act. In this way, what a third party has done in the name of another is approved and confirmed before a Notary, so that it has full legal value.

This instrument is the easiest way to proceed when an interested party cannot attend an act or legal transaction due to distance and is contemplated in various articles of the Spanish Civil Code.

When we ratify a notarial document, we go to a notary's office to express to the Notary our full agreement and knowledge of a previous act and we acknowledge our authorship, intention of the act, knowledge of the content and its scope.

Thus, for those wondering what it means for a file to be ratified, we want to say that it has full validity and legal effectiveness.

Notarial ratification usually occurs in the areas of:

• sales
• inheritances
• dissolutions of joint ownership
• donations

Furthermore, it is common to use it when several people sign the document in different places or at different times but where the aim is to unify the validity of all the signatures.

To make a notarial ratification it is essential to provide the:

• Identification document: valid DNI, Passport, NIE or residence card

However, if acting on behalf of third parties or in legal representation of a company, you must present documents that prove the representation, which usually consist of one of the following documents:

• Copy of the power of attorney stating the capacity of representation
• In the case of companies, the appointment of administrator, the company’s deed of incorporation, the real ownership certificate and the relevant CIF. If the company is foreign, the registration certificate translated and apostilled, together with the Spanish NIF.
• When acting on behalf of minor children, their birth certificate.

Additionally, you must present:

• a copy of the document that will be the subject of ratification

The figure of the Notary provides public faith to the ratification, certifying that it has been made by the person who was supposed to make it and that all legal requirements have been met. This intervention generates a ratification deed, which records the ratification and the moment in which it is carried out.

The cost of notarial ratification in Barcelona can vary depending on the type of document, the number of signatories, length, and complexity of the intervention. Subject to the notarial fee schedule, its average price usually ranges around €80-90 for ratifications by individuals. Ratifications for commercial companies are somewhat higher, depending on the procedures to be carried out, usually between 100 and 130 euros.

First, the document in which one person acts on behalf of another and which needs to be ratified to be completed will be signed. After that, with the ratification, the original transaction is completed.