The notarial deed remains yours, from the first line to the signature. AI helps around the deed: reading the documents in a file, checking a point of law, explaining a draft to a client, and dictating your meeting notes.
AI helps notaries with tasks such as “Explain a draft deed to a client,” “Comb through condo bylaws and meeting minutes,” and “Check a point of law before a meeting.” Start with a single task, in Claude: allow 15 minutes the first time, and always review the result before you use it.
For each task: how it goes today, then with the tool. And the time it takes the first time.
TodayThe client receives thirty pages of preliminary sales agreement the day before the meeting and doesn’t dare say they didn’t understand all of it.
With ClaudeA two-page note in everyday language that prepares the client for the signing meeting.
Gemini Notebook · “Chat” panel
TodayBefore a condo sale, you have to read the bylaws, their amendments, and three years of minutes to find what matters.
With Gemini NotebookA summary of the points to disclose to the buyer, each one linked to the passage in the original document.
Doctrine · “Poser une question” (Ask a question), detailed analysis
TodayAn unusual family situation, and a doubt about the exact rule a few minutes before the meeting.
With DoctrineA structured answer, statutes first and then case law, with the sources to open before you advise the client.
Also
Doctrine · Doctrine panel, in Word
A first draft of the clause in your document, to adjust and approve before you insert it into the deed.
Superwhisper · Custom mode, “Local” model
Meeting notes filed the same day, with the list of documents to request.
Claude · Word file, in the conversation
A complete, readable document request letter, to personalize on your computer.
Gemini Notebook · “Chat” panel
The list of discrepancies between the draft and the documents, to correct before you send the deed to the parties.
A table of the chain of transfers, with the breaks and the easements to check.
DeepL · File translation, with “Glossary”
A reading translation to give the client, and the list of passages to explain to them in person.
What to check
Professional secrecy: nothing that names a person in a personal account. The note explains, it does not advise: you are the one who gives the advice, at the meeting.
Explain a draft deed to a clientClaudeThe prompt to copy
You are helping a notary prepare a note for a client who is not a lawyer. Here are clauses from a [preliminary sales agreement / deed of gift / marriage contract], with the personal data removed. For each clause, write: what it means, in two simple sentences; what it commits the client to do, and by when; the question they should ask themselves before signing. Do not add any advice or any rule of law that is not in the text. End with five terms to know, with their definitions.
In Nova, “My path” starts from your level: one next step at a time.
The first moves, with free tools.
In your jobDraft a custom clause
In your jobCheck a point of law before a meeting
In your jobComb through condo bylaws and meeting minutes
In your jobExplain a draft deed to a client
For a team: everyone moves forward in their own job. You see the team’s progress, never one person’s activity.
Read an old title deed, explain a draft deed in plain words, prepare the letter that requests the documents for a file.
Recommended planFree to try, with no client data. At the office: Team, $25 per user per month ($20 if billed yearly).
Condo bylaws, owners’ meeting minutes, inspection reports: you question the file, and the answer shows the passage in the document.
Recommended planFree: 100 notebooks, 50 sources per notebook, 50 questions per day.
Check a point of civil or tax law with the statutes and decisions to back it up, and ask for a sample clause without leaving Word.
Recommended planDoctrine subscription, see the website. A free trial is offered.
Dictate meeting notes and letters with a “Local” model: your voice never leaves the office’s computer.
Recommended planFree, $0.
A deed and a letter with no mistakes. With an installed license, the corrector works on the computer and sends nothing online.
Recommended planAntidote+ Personal, one language, $59.95 the first year, then $48 per year. For the office: Antidote 12 multi-user license, custom pricing.
Give a foreign client a working translation of the draft deed, with the same layout.
Recommended planIndividual, €7.49 per month, billed yearly. On this plan, your texts are not used for training.
Prices taken from the vendors’ official pages, dated on each tool page. These subscriptions are not included in Nova. Brands are named to identify the tools. No affiliation.
Nova recommends 6 to start with: Claude, Gemini Notebook, Doctrine, Superwhisper, Antidote, and DeepL. 3 of them can be used for free to get started.
Read an old title deed, explain a draft deed in plain words, prepare the letter that requests the documents for a file. The plan to choose: Free to try, with no client data. At the office: Team, $25 per user per month ($20 if billed yearly).
With “Explain a draft deed to a client,” in Claude. Allow 15 minutes the first time. A two-page note in everyday language that prepares the client for the signing meeting.
No. Nova is software, not an accredited training provider: it issues no diploma or certification. It costs €19 per month for one person, and €129 per month for a team of up to ten people.