After your death, your relatives can search this register to find out if you have registered a will. They can do this by:

  1. contacting a notary, who will do the search for them, or
  2. searching the register themselves. To do so, they must send
    • the original Act of Death plus a copy
    • payment by Visa or Mastercard, a money order or certified cheque for $46.02 (at the time of printing), made out to the Chambre des notaires du Québec, and
    • the completed application form (available by e-mail at registres@cdnq.org, or by calling 1-800-340-4496 or 1-514-879-2906)
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to the following address:

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Registres des dispositions testamentaires et
des mandats de la Chambre des notaires du
Québec
Tour de la Bourse
800, Place-Victoria, niveau Promenade
C.P. 469,
Montréal, (Québec) H4Z 1L9


Your relatives will receive a search certificate that tells them whether a will is registered in your name. It will also tell them the name, address and phone number of the lawyer or notary who has the original will.

3.9 Can I change my will?
[Student Manual, page 21]

Yes, you can change your will at any time and as many times as you want. There will be a notary fee to change a notarial will.

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It is a good idea to reread your will on a regular basis, or when there is a big change in your life such as: