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It shall be the duty of the Director of the Notarial Inspection Office to acknowledge receipt to the notary of said notice and maintain a Register with the name and surname or surnames of the testator and other circumstances which are part of said notarial notification.\nThese notices shall be conserved in [the] custody of said official who shall keep them in the order in which they were remitted. He/she is hereby authorized to certify with his/her signature and official seal whether the execution of the will sought has been annotated, by written petition of an interested party or his/her attorney, accompanied by internal revenue stamps in the amount of three dollars ($3).\nThe Director of the Notarial Inspection Office may also certify, by payment of the same fees, that in the written records in his office there is no evidence that the designated person has executed a will.\nOnce the Register of Wills is integrated to the General Register of Notarial Competence created by §§ 2155—2166 of this title, known as the 'Non-Contentious Notarial Matters Act', the payment of fees for affirmative or negative certifications of wills shall be five dollar ($5)s, as provided by the referred

166 of this title, known as the 'Non-Contentious Notarial Matters Act', the payment of fees for affirmative or negative certifications of wills shall be five dollar ($5)s, as provided by the referred statute.\nThe payment of fees shall be made through internal revenue stamps, which shall be cancelled on the certification itself, or by any other means as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or the person upon whom he/she delegates.\nHistory —July 2, 1987, No. 75, p. 242, § 74; Dec. 13, 2007, No. 196, § 17.