Electronic authentic deed (AAE)

An electronic authentic deed (AAE) is a notarial deed drawn up, received, and kept in digital form in accordance with Decree No. 2005-973 of August 10, 2005. The notary affixes their qualified electronic signature (QES level, eIDAS) using an authorized QSCD, and the deed is then sent to the Real.not platform (Electronic Network of Notarial Deeds). The AAE has the same probative force and enforceability as a paper deed: it constitutes perfect proof of its contents and can support enforcement without prior judgment. Real estate contracts, donations, business mergers, and future protection mandates are among the deeds that may be drawn up in electronic form. Certyneo assists notary offices in implementing co-signature workflows upstream (preliminary contracts, sale mandates) before signing the authentic deed at the notary.