Notaría 18 de Medellín

What Notaría 18 de Medellín does

Notaría 18 de Medellín is a public notary office (notaría) operating under the Colombian public notarial system in Medellín, Antioquia. It is led by Notary José Nelson Rivera Ortiz and headquartered at Carrera 43A #5-15, Edificio Vida, in the El Centro commercial district. The office is a member of the Unión de Notables y Notarías de Colombia (UCNC) and operates under the regulatory oversight of the Superintendencia de Notariado y Registro. It provides the legally mandated suite of notarial acts to individuals and businesses in its assigned jurisdictional circle, including escritura pública (public deeds for property, corporate, and family law transactions), autenticación de documentos (document authentication), registro civil (civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths), and non-deed services. Tariffs are fixed by government decree, and revenue accrues per regulated transaction.

The office has built a proprietary digital ecosystem anchored by three platforms launched in 2021: NotariTECH (a digital transformation program, May 2021), eN-Traza (a digital document-tracing platform, February 2021), and Calculadora Notarial (a consumer-facing fee calculator). A dedicated web presence was established in 2022. The office is staffed by approximately 20 employees and holds accessibility certifications under NTC 6047:2013 and NTC 5764:2010. It maintains a partnership with SERVIR to provide on-site sign language interpretation, positioning accessibility as a differentiator.

The business model is fundamentally a regulated per-transaction concession. The office generates revenue from high-volume, distributed retail demand — individuals and small-to-mid businesses executing deeds, authentications, and civil registrations — with no enterprise anchor clients and no exposure to customer churn in the conventional sense. Growth is mechanically constrained to local economic activity (real estate turnover, business formation rates, demographic flows within the circle). Strategic positioning has shifted toward digital service delivery and accessibility-led inclusion, but the office remains structurally a single-location, single-jurisdiction regulated franchise rather than a scalable enterprise.

Name

Notaría 18 de Medellín

Legal name

Notaría Dieciocho de Medellín – Antioquia

Website

https://notaria18medellin.com.co

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Notaría 18 de Medellín is a regulated public notary office in Medellín, Colombia, providing escritura pública, document authentication, and civil registration services to individuals and businesses under fixed government tariffs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Notarial Services

NAICS

Offices of Notaries (54112), Offices of Notaries (541120)

akta.pro primary industry

Visa Documentation, Translation, Notarization & Apostille Services (EDAIADAD)

Keywords

• Notarial services
• Public deed preparation
• Document authentication
• Civil registry services
• Notarial tariffs

Headquarters

HQ city

Medellín

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Notarial Fees/Tariffs: Revenue generated from notarial services through legally mandated tariffs (tarifas notariales) established by the Superintendencia de Notariado y Registro. Fees apply to various services including escritura pública, autenticación, registro civil copies, and other notarial acts. Certain services are exempt from fees for specific populations such as Registro Civil inscription, first copies for birth certificates and initial cédula applications, and declaration extraproceso for female heads of household per Resolution 1299 of 2020.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Notaría 18 de Medellín is a public notary office that provides legally mandated notarial services to citizens within the Medellín notarial circle. Its core offerings cover four service categories: Escrituración (public deeds for property, mortgages, wills, and successions), Autenticación (authentication of signatures, documents, and copies), Registro Civil (birth, marriage, and death registrations), and No Escriturarios (declarations under oath, appearance records, and exit permits). All services are delivered in person at the Medellín office with scheduled appointments via the PQRSD system.

Product overview

Notaría 18 de Medellín is a public notary office providing a unified suite of notarial services. The core offering consists of four main service categories: Escrituración (deed and title services including property transfers, mortgages, wills, and succession), Autenticación (authentication of signatures and documents), Registro Civil (civil registry for births, marriages, and deaths), and No Escriturarios (non-deed procedures). Additionally, the office offers a PQRSD system for citizen petitions and complaints. All services are delivered in person at the office, with some procedures also available at home for authenticated signatures. The office participates in the NotariTECH digital transformation program by UCNC, offering an online notarial calculator for fee estimation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Escrituración (Public Deed Services)

Quantifiable outcome

• Same-day service available for authentication, civil registry inscriptions, and certain declarations

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and support.

• UCNC (Unión Colegiada del Notariado Colombiano)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe notary operates under the UCNC umbrella organization which manages the Colombian notary system. UCNC provides NotariTECH digital transformation program, eN-Traza traceability platform, Notarial Calculator tool, and standardized notarial processes and policies for all member notaries across Colombia.
• Superintendencia de Notariado y RegistrocoreOthersGovernment regulatory body overseeing notarial services. Exercises orientation, inspection, surveillance and control of public services provided by notaries. Ensures compliance with law and principles of efficiency, efficacy and effectiveness. Located at Calle 26 No. 13-49, Bogotá.
• SERVIR Sign Language Interpretation ServicesupportTechnology or IntegrationSign language interpretation solution to facilitate communication between notary staff and deaf users. Part of accessibility initiatives to ensure inclusive notarial services for people with hearing disabilities.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• OneNotary: Online notary marketplace aggregating remote notaries across US jurisdictions. Comparable to Notaría 18 in offering notary services, but digital-first and competing for the same end-user authentication need that Colombian notaries currently serve in person.
• NotaryCam: Digital remote notarization platform performing online notarial acts via video. Comparable to Notaría 18 in the underlying function (authenticating signatures and documents) but competes through a fundamentally different delivery model.
• Notarize: US-based remote online notarization (RON) platform that completes notarial acts digitally. While operating in a different jurisdiction, it represents the structural digital alternative to the in-person walk-in notary model that Notaría 18 depends on.

Broad incumbents

• DocuSign: Category-leading e-signature platform that handles authentication and signature workflows for agreements. While not a notary in the Colombian legal sense, it competes for the same business customers' document authentication use cases and is pushing digital signatures into notarial adjacent workflows.

Others

• LegalZoom: Online legal services platform covering wills, business formation, and notarized documents. Adjacent to Notaría 18's succession and escrituración functions; competes on convenience for routine legal paperwork that would otherwise require an in-person notary.
• The UPS Store: US retail chain that offers walk-in notary services as an ancillary offering. Comparable to Notaría 18 in delivering walk-in, transactional notarization to consumers, but operates as a secondary service line within a broader retail business.
• LawDepot: Self-service legal document platform offering affidavits, power of attorney, and wills. Adjacent to Notaría 18 because some documents that currently require a notary visit can be generated and pre-filled digitally, reducing friction with the notary's escrituración and no-escriturarios flow.

Direct peers

• Notaría 17 de Medellín: Sibling notary in the Medellín circle operating under the same Superintendencia de Notariado y Registro rules and UCNC membership. Competes for property deed, authentication, and civil registry volume in the same geography.
• Notaría 1 de Medellín: Other public notary operating within the same Medellín notarial circle under the same UCNC framework. Directly competes for the same walk-in authentication, escritura, and civil registry customers in the same geography with the same regulated tariff structure.
• Notaría 5 de Medellín: Another Medellín-círculo notary office offering the same四大 notarial services with shared UCNC digital tools. Comparable in service mix, regulated pricing, and direct-to-consumer walk-in modality.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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