Opinion Article by Andreia Bento Simões and Salvador Sampaio Fontes | "Remote Deeds - Modernization as a Pandemic Response"

Andreia Bento Simões and Salvador Sampaio Fontes sign an opinion article entitled "Remote Deeds - Modernization as a Pandemic Response", published in the September 30th, 2021 edition of the Vida Imobiliária digital platform.

The lawyers put it into context: " During the Council of Ministers’ meeting that took place on 22 July 2021, the Government approved a draft Decree-Law that will set forth the legal regime applicable to authentic acts (atos autênticos), terms for authentication of private documents (termos de autenticação de documentos particulares) and acknowledgements (reconhecimentos) by videoconference.

Under the terms of the draft Decree-Law, the above-mentioned acts may be carried out through videoconference when requested by the participants and scheduled by a
professional, but it should be noted that this regime will not apply to any act that require the physical presence of registrars, notaries, consular agents, lawyers or solicitors.
There are limitations on wills and their related acts which shall continue to be made in person.

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