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Rates for most notarised transactions.

Foreword: this document is purely indicative and provides an overview of the fees usually charged. However, each case is priced individually.

1. property law / credit

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  • If you purchase a property using a financing creditIn addition, there will be costs, duties and fees for receiving the deed of purchase and costs, duties and fees for receiving the deed of loan. This requires different simulations on the notaire.be
  • In the case of financing, it is advisable to check with your banker whether it would be appropriate to enter into an agreement. mortgage mandate in addition to a mortgage registration in order to reduce the registration fees associated with the financing loan. This involves different simulations on the notaire.be
  • In the event of sale of a buildingThe seller will be charged a fee for negotiating and finalising the preliminary sales agreement. The fees in question vary between €300 and €600 inc VAT, in addition to the costs of obtaining and producing the documents to be submitted by the seller.
  • In the event of the sale of a property subject to a mortgage registration, costs, duties and fees for the receipt of the mortgage registration will be charged to the buyer. the release deed will be charged to the seller, even if the loan on which the listing was based has been repaid in full. The costs, duties and fees in question usually vary between €1,200 and €1,300 including VAT.
  • Certain services may incur additional costs and consultancy fees (e.g. insertion of an increase clause, planning of a purchase in dismemberment of ownership, acquisition/sale with the intervention of a solicitor, preparation of an IOU, tax request by separate application, notification of a town planning division, etc.).
  • Managing a particular difficulty even if it is not related to the client's actions, will give rise to an additional consultancy fee (e.g. management of urban planning issues, polluted soil, hidden defects, special negotiations with a creditor, etc.). The supplement will be calculated at an hourly rate of €150 excluding VAT (€181.50e INCL. VAT)
  • Available for sale through the firm:
    • Biddit public sale: costs borne by the vendor generally ranging from €7,500 to €9,000 including VAT.
    • Over-the-counter sales (occasional and ancillary activity): 2% excluding VAT of the sale price
  • Expenses and fees for operation not carried out then opening a file:
    • Invocation of a suspensive condition of not obtaining credit: €1,210 incl. VAT, divided equally between the two notary's offices
    • Abandonment of file, amicable termination or resolution to the detriment of one of the parties (costs to be borne by the party concerned) €1,210 inc. VAT, to be increased by 1/3 of the fixed fee.
  • Power of attorney received by notarial act:
    • Power of attorney received on the same day as the signing of the deed of purchase/sale: free of charge
    • In other cases: €400 (VAT incl.) plus translation, apostille and travel costs.

2. marriage contracts and amendments

Usual marriage contract (separation of property if applicable with a correction clause and/or limited joint assets)

500 INCLUDING VAT

Specific marriage contract for children from a previous union (Valkeniers clause) 

900 INCLUDING VAT

Modification of a simple marriage contract (example: insertion of a division clause)

750 INCLUDING VAT

Matrimonial property contribution
(to be increased if more than one asset is contributed)

1,600 INCLUDING VAT

Change of matrimonial property regime with inventory

2.000€ VAT INCLUDED

Change of matrimonial property regime with inventory and real estate
(to be increased if more than one asset is contributed)

2.200€ VAT INCLUDED

3 Wealth planning: out-of-court powers of attorney, wills and donations

Extrajudicial powers of attorney :

Strategy for setting up an extrajudicial mandate, as well as costs, duties and fees for receiving the document 

900 INCLUDING VAT

Complete overhaul of a pre-existing extrajudicial mandate 

900 INCLUDING VAT

Revocation of an extrajudicial mandate 

500 INCLUDING VAT

Donations

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Fees vary according to the relationship between the donor and the donees

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The fees apply both to a donation recorded in a notarial deed and to a donation under private signature recorded in a joint agreement with legalisation of the signatures. In the latter case, however, the administrative costs are reduced to €350 including VAT.

An increase in costs and fees is applied if a donation is received urgently.

Wills :

Simple holograph will (prohibition on conversion of usufruct, designation of a universal legatee, bequest of financial assets to the surviving spouse, etc.) 

250 INCLUDING VAT

Complex holograph wills (residuary legacies, split wills, duo legacies, etc.) 

500 INCLUDING VAT

Simple notarial will 

500 INCLUDING VAT

Complex notarial wills 

750 INCLUDING VAT

4. divorce by mutual consent & children's agreements

Children's agreement (privately signed) with probate

1.000€ VAT INCLUDED

Divorce by mutual consent limited to the implementation of an agreement fully finalised by a Lawyer/Mediator without a building

1,200 INCLUDING VAT

Simple divorce (under private signature) with probate without property

1,400 INCLUDING VAT

Simple divorce (notarised) with probate and no property

1,800 INCLUDING VAT

  • Divorce package: 1500 INCLUDING VAT
  • Registration fees for the division of property on the total value of the property: 1%
  • Fee based on the value sold (cf. notaire.be)
  • Transcription fee (per property): 285€
  • Tax - writing rights: 121€
  • Administrative costs and disbursements (for a single property - plus €250 inc. VAT for each additional property): 1.452€ VAT INCL.

5. companies

Basic limited liability company STARTMYBUSSINESS fully prepared by the client without notarial assistance (subject to reading and commenting on the deed)

1.066€ VAT INCL.

Conventional limited liability company (internal equity of €20,000 with no real estate contribution)

1.550€ VAT INCLUDED

Incorporation of a traditional public limited company (minimum capital with no real estate contribution)

2.550€ VAT INCLUDED

  • Basic modification with 1 resolution: 1.210€ VAT INCL.
  • By supplementary resolution: 181.50 INCLUDING VAT
  • Coordination of bylaws: 181.50 INCLUDING VAT
  • Preparation of a report for the management body: 121.00 INCLUDING VAT

Dissolution/liquidation in a single act

1,500 INCLUDING VAT

Mergers / Dissolutions   

Individual rates on request

 

  • Proxies (€100 tax and €75 fee regardless of the number of proxies: 175 INCLUDING VAT
  • The articles of association must be approved by a professional body: 100 INCLUDING VAT
  • If an electronic share register is created: 150 INCLUDING VAT
  • Substantial increase in costs, duties and fees when property is contributed
  • In the event of additional administrative work (e.g. translation of articles of association): 500 INCLUDING VAT
  • Consultancy fees or additional costs may be charged if the case is particularly complex.
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6 Inheritance (certain notarial operations and services may not be included in this price list and may give rise to supplements which must be justified by the notary)

  • Confirmation of marriage contract: 121 INCLUDING VAT
  • Certificate of inheritance (under private signature): 495 INCLUDING VAT
  • Deed of inheritance (by notarial act): 645 INCLUDING VAT
  • Deed of inheritance (per notarial deed received within 6 months of the death for 1 property - supplement per additional property €163.35 incl. VAT): 418.66 INCLUDING VAT
  • Deed of inheritance for 1 property (per notarial deed received more than 6 months after the death - supplement per additional property €666.15 incl. VAT): 900 INCLUDING VAT
  • European Certificate of Inheritance (for use abroad): 595 INCLUDING VAT
  • Estate declaration salary (calculated in successive instalments, on the gross amount, including the family home, increased by the taxable assets by virtue of the tax fictions (art. 7 to 11 and 108 C. Succ.))
    • from €0 to €32,000 :
      • direct line, spouse, legal cohabitant: 1.51TP3VAT, i.e. €580.80 (incl. VAT) for this band in its entirety
      • collateral: 2.251TP3VAT, i.e. a total of €871.20VAT on this tranche
    • from €32,000 to €120,000 :
      • direct line: 1.151TP3 VAT incl., i.e. €1224.52 VAT incl. on this tranche in full
      • collateral: 1.731TP3 VAT incl., i.e. €1,842.10 VAT incl. on this tranche as a whole
    • from €120,000 to €300,000 :
      • direct line: 0.751TP3VAT, i.e. a total of €1,633.50VAT on this tranche
      • collateral: 1.00%, i.e. a total of €2,178.00 incl. VAT for this tranche
    • over €300,000 :
      • direct line: 0.40% excluding VAT or 0.48% including VAT
      • collateral: 0.55% excl. VAT or 0.66% incl. VAT
  • Administrative fees (these fees include in particular: tax list claims, registration searches, land registry searches, CRT searches, seizure notice searches, correspondence (by post or e-mail), FEDNOT estate pack, PCC bank searches, establishment of bank guarantees, establishment of power of attorney, monitoring of the procedure for opening a bank safe-deposit box).
    • Simplistic succession: 605 INCLUDING VAT
    • Classic succession: 1210€ VAT INCL.
    • Complex or special succession: made to measure
  • Deed of deposit of a holograph will 600 INCLUDING VAT
  • Registration of an authentic will 300 INCLUDING VAT

To be increased by performance fees: scale A on assets

  • Deed of deposit of the order for delivery of possession 400 VAT
  • Deed of bequest made to measure
  •  Inventory
    • inventory by declaration only 600 INCLUDING VAT
    • inventory with notary 1 session 1.210€ VAT INCL.
    • per additional session 500 INCLUDING VAT
  • Deed of guarantee 300 INCLUDING VAT
  • Power of attorney to liquidate the estate
    • under private signature 242€ VAT INCL.
    • in authentic form 400 INCLUDING VAT
  • Application for judicial authorisation 242€ VAT INCL.
  • Opening a bank safety deposit box 300 INCLUDING VAT

to be increased by the actual costs of the service provider

  • Liquidation of funds 300 INCLUDING VAT
  • Payment of invoices using funds held in the study 35 VAT per invoice
  • Monitoring and management of rental income (rents, etc.) 7% excluding VAT of rental income with a minimum of 500 INCLUDING VAT
  • Estate asset management (preservation of assets, marketing of assets, sale, etc.)                  2% excluding VAT of the value concerned with a minimum of 500 INCLUDING VAT
  • Organising the evacuation of property 500 INCLUDING VAT

an increase in the actual costs of the service provider

  • Deed of acceptance with the benefit of inventory, publication in the Belgian Monitor and on-site inventory: 1,850 INCLUDING VAT

to be increased by €242 (incl. VAT) in the presence of an incompetent person, if the judicial authorisation is followed up by the firm

  • Waiver of inheritance without assistance in a single meeting with net estate assets < €5,000: FREE

to be increased by €242 (incl. VAT) in the presence of an incompetent person, if the judicial authorisation is followed up by the firm

  • Renunciation of inheritance with net assets > €5,000: 750 INCLUDING VAT

to be increased by €242 (incl. VAT) in the presence of an incompetent person, if the judicial authorisation is followed up by the firm

For assistance in negotiating the division of an estate and drawing up a deed of settlement/partition between heirs, please refer to the "amicable & judicial division" section.

7. amicable and judicial divisions

from 1 to 2% exclusive of VAT (i.e. from 1.21 to 2.42% inclusive of VAT) of the gross assets to be divided, on the understanding that the assessment of the rate actually applied is left to the discretionary judgement of the notary, taking into account the legal and emotional complexity of the work carried out and the size of the assets to be divided.

  • Hourly salary for file follow-up : 181.50 inc. VAT/hour
  • Minutes of the opening of the meeting (not including the time spent preparing for the meeting) : 1210€ VAT INCL.
  • Interim meeting without notarised minutes (excluding hourly wage for preparing the meeting): 605 INCLUDING VAT
  • Interim meeting with notarised minutes (excluding the hourly wage for preparing the meeting): 1210€ VAT INCL.
  • Inventory
    • If inventory in a single shift: 1210€ VAT INCL.
    • If additional shifts (per shift): 605 INCLUDING VAT
    • inventory by declaration only: 605 INCLUDING VAT
  • Minutes of statements and difficulties (excluding the hourly wage for preparing the meeting) : 1210€ VAT INCL.
  • Minutes of contradictions or absence of contradictions (excluding the hourly wage for preparing the meeting): 1210€ VAT INCL.
  • Notary's opinion on disputes: 1210€ VAT INCL.
  • Registration tax :
    • in the absence of buildings: 50€
    • building located in the Brussels-Capital/Walloon region: 1%
    • building located in the Flemish Region: 1 or 2.5%

Property tax is calculated on all or part of the value of the buildings concerned, depending on the case.

  • Fees charged :
    • Division following inheritance : H scale based on assets to be divided (increased by 50% in the event of judicial division)
    • Division following divorce : fee based on the value sold (cfr. notaire.be) (increased by 50% in the event of judicial partition)
  • Transcription fee (per property): 285€
  • Tax - writing rights: 121€
  • Administrative costs and disbursements (for a single property - plus €250 inc. VAT for each additional property): 1.452€ VAT INCL.

8. other notarial transactions

Don't hesitate to consult notaries and/or their staff for an overview of the costs, fees and charges for other notarial services.

We would be delighted to provide you with information on the rates applied for the following operations:

  • Basic deeds / divisional deeds / amending basic deeds
  • Declaration that a self-employed person's home is exempt from seizure
  • Legalisation of signatures and certification of documents
  • Proxies
  • Deeds of acknowledgement of debt
  • Tax queries
  • Deeds constituting easements
  • Sale with life annuity

9. operation not carried out after a file has been opened

If a notarial transaction is not carried out following the opening of a file that has not been completed for a reason that cannot be attributed to the notaries and/or one of their collaborators, fees amounting to 1/3 of the tariffed fees as well as the administrative costs and disbursements relating to the planned transaction may be claimed from the client.

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