Search for a will or mandate

1. Choose how you want to make your request

   ON-LINE

   On-line searches are offered only for will searches. To make an on-line request, have your valid Visa or MasterCard credit card on hand as well as the original document issued by the Directeur de l’État civil entitled “Copy of an Act of Death” or “Death certificate”.
   This document must be scanned and sent as a PDF, JPEG or GIF file that does not exceed 4 MB. If the scanned document is not attached to your request, your request will not be transmitted.

   Perform an on-line search

   BY MAIL

   Download the form (PDF document)

2. Make your payment

   ON-LINE

   By valid credit card (Visa or MasterCard) through the secure on-line application for an amount of $17.25 (including taxes).

   BY MAIL

   By valid credit card (Visa or MasterCard) or by certified cheque or money order payable to the Barreau du Québec for an amount of $23 (including taxes).

3. Submit your request

   ON-LINE

   Submit your request, your scanned document and your payment on-line.

   BY MAIL

   Send your request by mail.
   Don't forget to include:

   • Your completed and signed form.
   • Your payment.
   • Your required documents, namely,
     • For a will search: the original document issued by the Directeur de l’État civil entitled “Copy of an Act of Death” or “Death certificate”. We will keep the original.
     • For a mandate search: originals of a recent medical and psychosocial assessment ascertaining the incapacity of the mandator or a recent report of the director general of a health and social services establishment, together with a sworn statement establishing your interest as regards the mandator.

   We will keep the originals. If you would like the originals returned to you, please include a photocopy (in addition to the original).
   
   The documents must be mailed to the following address:

   Registers of wills and mandates of the Barreau du Québec 
   Maison du Barreau
   445 Saint-Laurent Boulevard
   Montreal, Québec  H2Y 3T8

The search certificate will be sent to you by mail within the following time frame:

• If the death or incapacity occurred less than two weeks before your request, your search certificate will be mailed within three weeks following the receipt of your request.
• If the death or incapacity occurred more than two weeks before your request, your search certificate will be mailed within two weeks following the receipt of your request.

If you do not receive the search certificate within this time frame, please contact us at 514-954-3411 or 1-844-954-3411.

1. Use the on-line application

   Fill out your request, paying attention to the instructions provided for certain fields. If you have previously filled out a request, just enter your postal code and your contact information will automatically appear. You can enter more than one request per session and make a single payment at the end of the session. However, please note that only the last request entered can be modified and that requests will only be processed after payment has been made. The Barreau du Québec will not be liable for an error in a certificate if the error results from missing or incorrect information in the search request. Therefore, please make sure that all the information entered in your request is correct.

   Perform an on-line search

2. Make your payment on-line through our secure application using a valid credit card (Visa or MasterCard).

3. Submit your request(s) with your payment by swearing under your oath of office the truthfulness of the information contained in your search request(s).

Your search request will be processed once the search request form has been submitted and your payment has been made.

On-line request – final: $17.25

On-line request – provisional: $17.25

Urgent request: $34.50

Fax: $6.90

Additional request: $5.75

Including taxes

Note It is important to also contact the Chambre des notaires du Québec to perform the same search so you can obtain a search certificate regarding the registers kept with respect to notaries.