No. A deed of sale for a home cannot be signed by videoconference in Spain. Article 17 ter of the Spanish Notarial Law, added by Law 11/2023 of 8 May, lists the acts a notary can authorise remotely, and the sale of a property is not on that closed list. Buyer and seller sign in person before a notary. Whoever cannot attend grants a special power of attorney for that sale, and their representative signs the deed in person. That power of attorney can be granted by videoconference, because it is a power for a specific act.
Which law regulates notarial signing by videoconference?
Notarial signing by videoconference is regulated by article 17 ter of the Spanish Notarial Law. It was added by Law 11/2023 of 8 May and has applied since 9 November 2023. There is no "Law 28/2023" on this matter. The article allows videoconference for company incorporations and other corporate acts with cash contributions, powers of attorney for specific acts, for court proceedings or before public authorities, minutes of general meetings, commercial loan policies, signature authentications and a few other acts. Sales, mortgages, inheritances and gifts are not on the list and are signed in person.
How can you sign a property sale without going to the notary?
To sign a property sale without going to the notary, the person who cannot attend grants a special power of attorney to someone who signs the deed in person on their behalf. The power can be signed before a Spanish notary by videoconference, with an accepted electronic ID such as a Spanish electronic ID card or a digital certificate; at a Spanish consulate, with no apostille needed; or before a local notary abroad, with a Hague apostille and a sworn translation if it is not in Spanish.
What Notaría Online does in a remote sale
Notaría Online is not a notary's office: we coordinate with registered notaries the signing of the special power of attorney, by videoconference or at the consulate, and the deed your representative signs. See buying or selling a home in Spain from abroad.
Reviewed on 13 November 2026. Sources: Spanish Notarial Law (art. 17 ter, added by Law 11/2023 of 8 May).