Advanced Electronic Notary and Its Challenges in Uruguay

Abstract

Today we live in a "Network Society", where information and communication as well as the enormous storage and traffic of data, have impacted in all social areas, and the public notary is not an exception of this in the exercise of its function. The technological tools, especially the use of the Internet, social networks and electronic signature, have produced an unprecedented revolution within the global public notary and, in particular, within the Uruguayan notary by its own characteristics. In this paper, we will begin by making a brief analysis of Uruguayan legislation in the field of electronic signatures and advanced electronic notary signature. Then we will visualize the challenges that the Uruguayan Notary has had to face, sudden appearance of these technological tools and the great development of electronic commerce. Challenges that will have to manage without affecting in any way the essence of the notary function and the public faith, essential elements of the profession.