Wills and mandates
Are you looking for a will or a protection mandate? You must search through the Registers of wills and mandates of the Barreau du Québec.
With this search, you can obtain a search certificate confirming whether a will or mandate has been registered in the Registers of wills and mandates of the Barreau du Québec. If a will or mandate has been registered, you will obtain the contact information of the lawyer who has the document in question and you will be able to retrieve it from that lawyer.
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.
You are a member of the public
Choose how you want to make your request
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.
Make your payment
By valid credit card (Visa or MasterCard) through the secure on-line application for an amount of $17.25 (including taxes).
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).
Submit your request
Submit your request, your scanned document and your payment on-line.
Send your request by mail.
Don't forget to include:
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 you do not receive the search certificate within this time frame, please contact us at 514-954-3411 or 1-844-954-3411.
You are a lawyer or notary
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.
Make your payment on-line through our secure application using a valid credit card (Visa or MasterCard).
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.