Questão jurídica principal
Whether the offense under Art. 253 StGB requires personal attendance and substantive verification by the notary
Decisão extraída
No. The offense is complete if the accused, by deception, causes a person of public faith to certify a legally relevant fact incorrectly; the deed’s protected evidentiary value depends on its formal public authentication, not on whether the notary personally verified every fact.
Fundamentação extraída
Public deeds enjoy enhanced credibility by law. That credibility is not lost because the parties lied or because the notary delegated preparation and did not personally question the parties. The decisive point is the intentional deception leading to an incorrect public certification.