WILLEMSTAD - Curaçao currently has nine notaries. A tenth should be added next week. The Minister of Justice plans to appoint a civil-law notary. By law, only ten notaries can be employed. There are far too few.
Last week, the real estate brokers sounded the alarm. Due to the shortage of notaries, there are significant backlogs. Drawing up a certificate of inheritance takes longer than a year. According to the realtors, this is just impossible.