Faced with the expiry of the term of the Enabling Law, the National Executive issued the Decree-Law of Public Registry and Notarial System (LRPN)1. We were asked to collaborate in the drafting of this Decree-Law, in order to incorporate the provisions necessary to facilitate the use of information technology in the Registry and Notarial System.
Marking a new era of advancement in our country, a series of provisions was drafted that, once implemented, will place us in the forefront of a completely electronic Registry and Notarial System. The system will be online and its internal and external processes will be automated and digital.
These provisions reflect the State’s commitment to taking the necessary steps for Venezuela to embark upon a proper modernization process and, with the enactment in February 2001 of the Decree-Law of Data Messages and Electronic Signatures, a new legal system has been implemented, incorporating the use of electronic media and technological tools as