SANTO DOMINGO.- The president of the Notaries Association of the Dominican Republic, Dr. Pedro Rodríguez Montero said that Law 140-15, which regulates the Dominican notary, protects both foreign and domestic investment, as it provides a legal order And transparent that did not exist before, which will contribute to a better legal certainty.
He said that it is not true that the aforementioned law literally increases the cost by 10% as has been said, but prevents citizens from being ripped off as was the case in the past.
“You can no longer charge a notary service medal, now you can not tell a client: look that costs RD $ 100,000, because the latter can claim that that amount is not in accordance with the law, that which corresponds to pay, For example, are RD $ 50,000, and that represents a positive step in the right direction, “said the president of the Dominican notaries during his intervention in the program Open Screen that is transmitted by channel 36, Bajo Techo Tv.
For Rodríguez Montero, the application of notarial legislation or notary law, the mentioned law 140-15, grants such relevance to the notarial exercise that important in its right dimension.
He said that, in comparison with the benefits provided by legal certainty, its advantages largely compensated for the relatively small expenditure to be made. “Do not see the two or three more pesitos that there are that pay, see what it means the legal security that they will obtain”, expressed the president of the Association of Notaries of the Dominican Republic.
In this same sense, Dr. Pedro Rodríguez Montero said that the impact of legal certainty on foreign investment in the Dominican Republic of the Law will yield a positive balance, not only for the notaries of the country, but also for the system of law as a whole , Guaranteeing adequately the security of legal processes that are done for notarial purposes, and making them, in turn, civilly responsible for the consequences that derive from malicious and murky management.
Dr. Pedro Rodríguez was interviewed by Tito Hernandez, Tomás Hernández Alberto and Carlos Hernández in the morning Open Screen, which is broadcast on Bajo Techo TV, Channel 36, from 6:30 AM to 9:00 AM, Monday through Friday.