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Wills and mandates

Search for a will or mandate

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.

Important Change: Online Requests Only from August 15 to September 2, 2025

Due to a system upgrade, paper requests related to the wills and mandates register for lawyers will not be accepted between August  15 and September  2, 2025, inclusive.

During this period, requests to search for a will must be submitted exclusively via the online form.

Have questions?
Contact Info-Barreau:
Monday to Friday, from 8:15  a.m. to 5:00  p.m.
514-954-3411 or toll-free 1-844-954-3411
infobarreau@barreau.qc.ca

Perform a search

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.

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.

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Significant Increase in Will Search Requests – Expected Processing Delays

In the context of the class action lawsuits against tobacco companies, several organizations, including the Barreau du Québec, are receiving an exceptional number of search requests seeking documents needed to process files. These unforeseen and numerous requests are placing increased pressure on registry services.

Although measures are in place to respond effectively, longer than normal delays are temporarily expected. We encourage you to take this situation into account when making your requests and to be patient. The organizations involved are actively working to reduce the impact and process requests as quickly as possible.

Please note that the search certificate will be sent to you by mail.