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This is false, you don't need a notary to do real estate transactions in most of the West.

Also it's sort of moot, the notary effectively just puts a stamp on it. If I write up a quit claim deed, there exists no mechanism to prove my ownership of that anyways

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It's not false, it's an example of Italy and the Netherlands, and there are many more.

The exception I dare say are the UK and US.

The legal tradition in the west largely stems from the Roman Iius civile. Even the so called common law. And there too we see a role for civil officers to authenticate real estate transactions.

So... your statement is false

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