On the Notariat
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Law of Georgia
On the Notariat
This Law defines the legal grounds for the organisation of the notariat in Georgia and the official activity of a notary, as well as the main requirements for the performance of notarial and other related acts.
Article 1. Notariat🔗
1. The notariat is a public law institution whose task is, within the limits established by the State, to certify legal relations and legal facts between persons.
2. State regulation of the notariat shall be exercised, on the basis of the legislation of Georgia, by the Ministry of Justice of Georgia (hereinafter – the Ministry of Justice).
Article 2. Notariat🔗
activity legal grounds
Notariat
activity legal grounds are the Constitution of Georgia, this Law, international treaties and agreements of Georgia and other legislative and subordinate normative acts of Georgia.
Article 3. Notary🔗
1. A notary is free in his professional activity and, through notarial and other related acts, exercises state authority on the basis of this Law and other legal acts.
2. When performing a notarial act, a notary is independent and impartial.
3. A notarial act shall be performed in accordance with the procedure and within the limits established by the legislation of Georgia. The activity of a notary is not entrepreneurship and is not a source of profit.
4. The remuneration paid to a notary for his official activity belongs to the notary.
5. A notary is an employer for the employees of his notary office.
6. A notary shall be liable for the damage caused by his official activity. The State shall not be liable for damage caused by a notary.
7. Disciplinary
liability of a notary shall be determined by a regulation which, upon the submission of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia, shall be approved by the Minister of Justice of Georgia (hereinafter – the Minister of Justice).
8. A notary shall be obliged to fulfil the duty provided for by the Law of Georgia "On Facilitating the Suppression of Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism" and the relevant normative acts.
9. A notary is not a public civil servant.
Law of Georgia of 6 July 2010 No. 3363 – LHG I, No. 40, 20.07.2010, Art. 244
Law of Georgia of 30 October 2019 No. 5238 – website, 30.10.2019.
Article 4. Chamber of Notaries of Georgia and other associations of notaries🔗
1. The Chamber of Notaries of Georgia is an association of notaries built on the principle of self-governance and is based on the mandatory membership of notaries. Notaries may, on a voluntary basis, be members of public associations of notaries.
2. The Chamber of Notaries of Georgia represents and protects the interests of notaries, assists them in notarial activity, organises the internship of candidates for the notary profession, and takes care of the improvement of the qualifications of notaries.
3. The Chamber of Notaries of Georgia ensures the involvement of notaries in the resolution of problems of the functioning of the notariat and in the realisation of the common professional interests of notaries.
4. The supreme body of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia is the general meeting of the members of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia, and the executive and administrative body is the board of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia.
5. The Chamber of Notaries of Georgia is a Legal Entity of Public Law.
Article 5. Notarial act🔗
1. A notarial act shall, in the cases provided for by this Law, be performed by a notary at the request of a natural or legal person and shall have legal effect. A document certified in notarial form shall have indisputable evidentiary force.
2. The procedure for performing a notarial act shall be determined by an instruction approved, upon the submission of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia, by the Minister of Justice in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia.
Article 6. Language of a notarial act🔗
1. A notarial act shall be performed in the state language.
1¹. If the person requesting the performance of a notarial act is deaf or hard of hearing, the notarial act shall be performed with the participation of an interpreter proficient in sign language (sign language interpreter), except for cases provided for by the legislation of Georgia where the person has the right to conclude a transaction without the participation of an interpreter.
2. If the person requesting the performance of a notarial act does not have command of the state language, the notary shall perform the notarial act with the participation of an interpreter.
Law of Georgia of 14 July 2020 No. 6834 – website, 28.07.2020.
Article 7. Legal dispute arising in the performance of a notarial act🔗
A legal dispute arising between persons in the performance of a notarial act shall be considered in court proceedings.
Article 8. Confidentiality of notarial acts🔗
1. Unless otherwise provided by this article, a notary shall keep confidential the information that became known to him in connection with his official activity (taking into account paragraph 4 of Article 50 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Georgia). This obligation shall remain in force after the notary's dismissal from office.
2. A notary shall provide information about a notarial act only to the natural or legal person at whose request or in respect of whom the notarial act was performed, or to that person's representative. Upon request of an investigative body or a court, a notary shall issue information about a notarial act in those criminal and civil cases that are in the proceedings of the investigative body or the court. A notary shall, upon appropriate request, submit to the tax authority information on the value of property that passed into the person's ownership. The tax authority shall be prohibited from transferring the information to other persons, including the mass media, before the court delivers a judgment, as well as from publishing this information in public speeches.
3. A notary may disclose information about the existence or content of a will only after the death of the testator.
4. The person at whose request the notarial act was performed, or that person's successor or representative, may, on the basis of written consent, release the notary from the obligation to maintain the confidentiality of the notarial act. If the person has died and has no successor or it is impossible to contact the successor, the notary may be released from the obligation to maintain the confidentiality of the notarial act by a court. The court may also release the notary from the obligation to maintain the confidentiality of the notarial act for other valid reasons.
5. A notary shall provide information about a notarial act regarding a transaction provided for by the Law of Georgia "On Facilitating the Suppression of Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism" to the Financial Monitoring Service of Georgia in the manner established by the said law and the relevant normative acts.
6. The Chamber of Notaries of Georgia shall, on the basis of records registered in the electronic notarial register on notarial acts performed by a notary, provide to the Legal Entity of Public Law operating in the area of governance of the Ministry of Justice – the Digital Governance Agency – information on transactions certified by a notary (except for the information provided for by paragraph 3 of this article) for transmission to the State Audit Office, for the purpose of exercising the powers provided for by Article 18¹ of the Law of Georgia "On Combating Corruption" and the relevant subordinate normative act.
Law of Georgia No. 1732 of 11 December 2013 – website, 25.12.2013.
Law of Georgia No. 194 of 22 December 2016 – website, 29.12.2016.
Law of Georgia No. 5238 of 30 October 2019 – website, 30.10.2019.
Law of Georgia of 12 June 2020 No. 6302 – website, 26.06.2020.
Law of Georgia of 30 November 2022 No. 2215 – website, 15.12.2022.
Law of Georgia of 1 December 2022 No. 2284 – website, 15.12.2022.
Law of Georgia of 17 December 2025 No. 1295 – website, 23.12.2025.
Article 9. Right of a notary to use the image of the State Coat of Arms🔗
1. A notary shall have an official seal bearing the image of the small State Coat of Arms of Georgia. The seal shall indicate the notary's first and last name.
2. A notary shall be entitled to use the image of the small State Coat of Arms of Georgia on letterheads and forms.
Article 10. Supervision of the official activity of a notary🔗
1. Supervision of the official activity of a notary shall be exercised by the Ministry of Justice, which, within the scope of its competence:
a) monitors the compliance of the notary's activity with the legislation of Georgia and the correctness of the collection of the fee payable for the performance of a notarial act;
b) requests from the notary the information and materials necessary for exercising supervision;
c) delegates supervisory powers to the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia on certain issues of the official activity of notaries.
2. A notary may appeal to a court against decisions of the Minister of Justice or the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia that are based on supervision materials.
3. In accordance with the Law of Georgia on Facilitating the Suppression of Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism, the Ministry of Justice shall supervise notaries in the manner established by the said Law and the relevant normative acts.
Law of Georgia of 30 October 2019 No. 5238 – website, 30.10.2019.
Article 11. Conditions for Holding the Office of Notary🔗
1. The office of notary may be held, in accordance with the procedure established by this Law, by a citizen of Georgia with legal capacity who has a higher legal education, has completed an internship or has at least 1 year of experience of working as a notary or at least 5 years of experience of working in the public service in the speciality, and has passed the notaries' qualification examination.
(The normative content of the first paragraph of Article 11 was declared unconstitutional, which, within the framework of the requirement of at least 5 years of experience of working in the public service in the speciality, necessary for holding the office of notary, without individual assessment, blanketly excludes the consideration of experience of working in the speciality in an agency operating in the form of a legal entity of public law. The unconstitutional normative content shall be declared invalid from 1 July 2026) - Decision of the Constitutional Court of Georgia No. 2/4/1532 of 22 September 2025 – website, 23.09.2025.
2. A person shall be exempted from the obligation to pass the notaries' qualification examination if he/she has a doctoral academic degree or a scientific degree equivalent thereto in the speciality of civil, private international law or civil procedural law.
2¹. A newly appointed notary shall, during the first 3 years, carry out notarial activities in a highland settlement or in a settlement where notarial services are not adequately accessible. For the purposes of this Law, the status of a "highland settlement" shall be determined in accordance with the procedure established by the Law of Georgia "On the Development of Highland Regions".
2². The list of settlements (including highland settlements) where notarial services are not adequately accessible shall be determined by the Minister of Justice in accordance with the procedure established by paragraph 5 of Article 16 of this Law.
2³. The Chamber of Notaries of Georgia shall provide appropriate financial assistance to a notary provided for by paragraph 2¹ of this Article throughout the entire period of carrying out notarial activities in the respective settlement. The procedure for providing financial assistance to a notary shall be established by the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia in agreement with the Minister of Justice.
2⁴. After the expiry of the 3-year period determined by paragraph 2¹ of this Article, a notary may continue notarial activities in the same settlement or in any other settlement of Georgia. If, at the time when the notary continues notarial activities therein, that settlement is included in the list provided for by paragraph 2² of this Article, the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia shall provide appropriate financial assistance to the notary throughout the respective period of carrying out notarial activities, in accordance with the procedure established by paragraph 2³ of the same Article.
2⁵. The Chamber of Notaries of Georgia shall provide appropriate financial assistance, throughout the respective period of carrying out notarial activities, to a notary who locates a notary's office in a settlement provided for by paragraph 2¹ of this Article, in accordance with the procedure established by paragraph 2³ of this Article.
3. The maximum age for holding the office of notary is 70 years.
Law of Georgia No. 4610 of 10 December 2015 – website, 22.12.2015.
Law of Georgia No. 453 of 10 March 2017 – website, 22.03.2017.
Law of Georgia No. 1526 of 26 April 2022 – website, 06.05.2022.
Decision of the Constitutional Court of Georgia No. 2/4/1532 of 22 September 2025 – website, 23.09.2025.
Article 12. Qualification examination for notaries🔗
1. The qualification examination for notaries (testing) comprises two stages – a professional part and general skills (verbal and mathematical parts).
2. A person shall be released from the obligation to pass the professional part of the qualification examination for notaries if he/she has passed the judicial qualification examination in the speciality of general or civil and administrative law, or held the office of judge and no more than 2 years have elapsed from passing this examination/dismissal from the office of judge until passing the qualification examination for notaries, or holds the office of judge.
3. The qualification examination programme for notaries shall be approved by the Minister of Justice.
4. The procedure for conducting the qualification examination for notaries and for establishing and operating the qualification examination commission shall be determined by the regulation of the qualification examination commission, which shall be approved by the Minister of Justice of Georgia.
5. The conduct of the qualification examination for notaries shall be ensured by the Legal Entity of Public Law operating in the field of governance of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia − the Training Centre of Justice of Georgia. A person shall pay a fee in the amount of GEL 150 for participation in the qualification examination for notaries.
5¹. If a notary commences notarial activity in a settlement provided for by paragraph 2¹ of Article 11 of this Law, the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia shall, upon his/her appointment to the office, reimburse him/her the fee paid for participation in the qualification examination for notaries.
6. The results of the qualification examination for notaries shall become invalid if the person does not carry out notarial activity within 2 years after passing the examination. After the expiry of the said period, the person shall be obliged to re-pass the qualification examination for notaries in order to hold the office of notary.
Law of Georgia No. 4951 of 24 June 2011 – website, 06.07.2011.
Law of Georgia No. 5573 of 20 December 2011 – website, 28.12.2011.
Law of Georgia No. 4610 of 10 December 2015 – website, 22.12.2015.
Article 13. Appointment to the position of notary🔗
1. A notary shall be appointed to the position by the Minister of Justice. When appointing a person to the position of notary, the Minister of Justice shall indicate, as the place of location of the notary office, the settlement provided for by paragraph 2¹ of Article 11 of this Law.
2. A notary's
position
may
be held by
any
natural
person who
meets
this
Law's
of Article 11
first
or
of paragraph 2
provided
requirements and
passes
a competition, whose
conduct
rules
and
conditions are approved by the Justice
Minister.
3. A decision refusing appointment to the position of notary may be appealed to a court in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia.
Law of Georgia of 20 December 2011 No. 5573 – website, 28.12.2011.
Law of Georgia of 10 December 2015 No. 4610 – website, 22.12.2015.
Article 14. Grounds for refusal to appoint to the position of notary🔗
A person shall not be appointed to the position of notary:
a) who does not meet the requirements provided for by paragraph 1 or paragraph 2 of Article 11 of this Law;
a¹) who
cannot
pass
the competition;
b) who has been convicted of committing an intentional crime or against whom criminal prosecution is pending on the fact of committing an intentional crime;
b¹) who has been convicted of committing a crime directly related to notarial activity, regardless of the removal or expungement of the conviction;
c) against whom a criminal case on the fact of committing an intentional crime was terminated due to statute of limitations or amnesty;
d) who was dismissed from public service and/or whose membership of the Georgian Bar Association was terminated for committing a disciplinary misconduct, gross and/or repeated violation of law, use of official position to the detriment of justice and official interests, or committing a corruption offence; (the normative content of subparagraph „d“ that prohibits the appointment as a notary of persons dismissed from public service for committing a disciplinary misconduct, in relation to Article 14 of the Constitution of Georgia, was declared invalid) - judgment of the Constitutional Court of Georgia No. 2/5//556 of 13 November 2014 – website, 25.11.2014.
e) who was dismissed from the position of notary for committing a disciplinary misconduct;
f) who does not meet the requirements provided for by paragraph 1 of Article 20 of this Law;
g) who has been deprived of the right to notarial activity by a court judgment of conviction that has entered into legal force;
h) if the notary positions are filled in accordance with the maximum number of notary positions determined by the Minister of Justice for the given year;
i) who refuses to carry out notarial activity in the settlement provided for by paragraph 2¹ of Article 11 of this Law.
Law of Georgia No. 3363 of 6 July 2010 - LHG I, No. 40, 20.07.2010, Art. 244
Law of Georgia No. 4951 of 24 June 2011 - website, 06.07.2011.
Law of Georgia No. 5573 of 20 December 2011 – website, 28.12.2011.
Judgment of the Constitutional Court of Georgia No. 2/5/556 of 13 November 2014 – website, 25.11.2014.
Law of Georgia No. 4610 of 10 December 2015 - website, 22.12.2015.
Article 15. Application on appointment as a notary🔗
1. In order to hold the office of a notary, a person shall submit to the Ministry of Justice an application, to which shall be attached:
a) documents confirming the circumstances provided for by paragraph 1 or 2 of Article 11 of this Law;
b) a document signed by the applicant confirming the absence of the circumstances provided for by Article 14 of this Law;
c) (removed – 20.12.2011,
No. 5573).
2. In the event of a change of the legal address of the notary office, the notary shall be obliged to notify the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia thereof immediately.
Law of Georgia of 20 December 2011 No. 5573 – website, 28.12.2011.
Law of Georgia of 22 May 2012 No. 6255 – website, 06.06.2012.
Article 16. Registration of a notary in the Registry of Notaries of Georgia and commencement of notarial activity by him/her🔗
1. Within 2 months from appointment to the office, a notary shall submit to the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia
the following:
a) an official seal and a specimen signature certified in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia;
b) a document confirming compulsory professional insurance;
c) a document on the possession/ownership of a notary office equipped in accordance with the procedure established by the "Instruction on the Rules for the Performance of Notarial Acts" approved by order of the Minister of Justice.
2. After the submission of all documents provided for by paragraph 1 of this Article, the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia
shall immediately, but not later than 5 working days, register the notary in the Registry of Notaries of Georgia and grant the notary the right of access to the electronic notarial registry, after which the notary shall be entitled to carry out notarial activity.
3. (removed – 22.05.2012, No. 6255).
4. The form and the procedure for maintaining the Registry of Notaries of Georgia shall be determined by the Minister of Justice.
5. At the beginning of each year, not later than 1 February, the Minister of Justice shall determine by order the maximum number of notary positions and the list of settlements (including high-mountain settlements) where notarial services are not adequately accessible. The maximum number of notary positions shall not be less than the total number of notaries holding office at the time of determining that number.
Law of Georgia of 22 May 2012 No. 6255 – website, 06.06.2012.
Law of Georgia of 10 December 2015 No. 4610 – website, 22.12.2015.
Article 17. Suspension of the right to notarial activity🔗
1. A notary's right to notarial activity shall be suspended:
a) if he has violated the requirement provided for by subparagraph „c“ of paragraph 1 of Article 16 of this Law. The notary shall, within a reasonable time, but not more than 10 days, ensure compliance with the requirement provided for by subparagraph „c“ of paragraph 1 of Article 16 of this Law;
b) if he has committed a misconduct provided for by the regulation on the disciplinary liability of notaries, which entails the suspension of his right to notarial activity;
c) in the event of his being charged as an accused in criminal proceedings – until a final decision is rendered in the criminal case.
2. The body conducting the proceedings shall, in the event of a notary being charged as an accused in criminal proceedings, be obliged to notify the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia thereof immediately, but not later than the next working day.
3. The Chamber of Notaries of Georgia shall enter the relevant record on the suspension of a notary's right to notarial activity in the Register of Notaries of Georgia. If the ground for the suspension of a notary's right to notarial activity has been eliminated, the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia shall cancel the relevant record, after which the notary shall be entitled to continue notarial activity.
Law of Georgia of 22 May 2012 No. 6255 – website, 06.06.2012.
Article 18. Dismissal of a Notary from Office🔗
1. A notary's authority shall terminate in the event of dismissal from office.
2. The grounds for dismissal of a notary from office are:
a) a written application by the notary for dismissal from office, which is submitted to the Minister of Justice;
b) attainment of the maximum age for holding the office of notary;
c) death of the notary, recognition of the notary by a court as having limited legal capacity or as missing, declaration as deceased or recognition as a supported person, unless otherwise determined by a court judgment;
d) commission of a misconduct provided for by the regulation on disciplinary liability of notaries, which results in the dismissal of the notary from office;
e) the state of health of the notary which precludes the proper performance of his/her official duties;
f) entry into legal force of a court's conviction judgment on the fact of commission of an intentional crime by the notary, or termination of a criminal case on the fact of commission of an intentional crime due to statute of limitations or amnesty;
g) termination of the notary's citizenship of Georgia;
h) deprivation of the notary of the right to notarial activity by a court's conviction judgment that has entered into legal force;
i) carrying out an activity incompatible with the office of notary;
j) failure to comply, within the established time limit, with the requirements provided for by subparagraph "a" of paragraph 1 of Article 17 of this Law;
k) termination, by a notary appointed in accordance with the procedure established by paragraph 2¹ of Article 11 of this Law, of carrying out notarial activity in the respective settlement.
3. A notary who has been dismissed from office shall be removed from the Registry of Notaries of Georgia.
4. The decision on the suspension of the notary's right to notarial activity or on the dismissal of the notary from office shall be taken by the Minister of Justice.
5. The documentation of a notary whose right to notarial activity has been suspended or who has been dismissed from office shall be transferred to the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia on the basis of an order of the Minister of Justice.
6. A notary whose right to notarial activity has been suspended or who has been dismissed from office may appeal the order of the Minister of Justice within 1 month from his/her official notification thereof. The order shall be deemed delivered if it has been handed over directly to the notary or sent by registered letter to the notary's place of registration. Appealing the order shall not result in the suspension of its effect.
Law of Georgia of 6 July 2010 No. 3363 - LHG I, No. 40, 20.07.2010, Art. 244
Law of Georgia of 20 March 2015 No. 3356 - website, 31.03.2015
Law of Georgia of 10 December 2015 No. 4610 - website, 22.12.2015
Law of Georgia of 10 March 2017 No. 453 - website, 22.03.2017
Law of Georgia of 26 April 2022 No. 1526 – website, 06.05.2022
Article 19. Notary Office🔗
1. A notary shall have a notary office, which is his/her workplace. The notary shall choose the location of the notary office in compliance with the conditions provided for by paragraph 2¹ of Article 11 of this Law. He/she shall be entitled to hire and dismiss persons from work in accordance with the labour legislation of Georgia and to dispose of the income received from the performance of a notarial act.
2. Two or more notaries may have a common notary office. The rights and obligations of notaries in respect of the common notary office shall be determined by a contract concluded between them. In a common notary office, each notary shall perform a notarial act in his/her own name and shall be personally liable for his/her official activity. It is possible to establish a common notary office in the form of an entrepreneurial legal entity defined by the Law of Georgia "On Entrepreneurs", except for a joint-stock company. A notary who is a partner of an entrepreneurial legal entity shall perform a notarial act in his/her own name and, together with this legal entity, shall be jointly and severally liable for the damage caused as a result of the notarial act. A notary may not be a person working in the entrepreneurial legal entity provided for by this Article on the basis of an employment contract.
3. A notary shall be entitled, for the purpose of organising notarial activity, with the consent of the Ministry of Justice, to establish a common office together with an attorney, a private enforcement officer, an interpreter and/or an auditor. The rights and obligations of the notary and the other participants of the common office in respect of the common office, as well as the rule for the distribution of income and expenses, shall be determined by a contract concluded between them.
4. In order to obtain the consent provided for by paragraph 3 of this Article, the notary and the other participants of the common office shall submit to the Ministry of Justice a plan for the improvement of services, the main criteria for the assessment of which shall also be determined by the Minister of Justice.
Law of Georgia of 16 March 2012 No. 5851 – website, 23.03.2012.
Law of Georgia of 10 December 2015 No. 4610 – website, 22.12.2015.
Article 19¹. Organization of notarial activity🔗
1. The creation of a general bureau provided for by paragraph 3 of Article 19 of this Law is also possible in the form of an entrepreneurial legal entity defined by the Law of Georgia "On Entrepreneurs", except for a joint-stock company. The rights and obligations of the partners of the entrepreneurial legal entity shall be determined by the contract concluded between them (partners' agreement/charter). The contract (partners' agreement/charter) shall provide for the notary's right to a decisive vote at the partners' meeting or in another governing body of the company when adopting decisions on matters related to notarial activity. A partner notary of the entrepreneurial legal entity shall perform a notarial act in his/her own name and shall be jointly and severally liable together with this legal entity for the damage caused as a result of the notarial act.
2. In the case of the creation of the entrepreneurial legal entity provided for by paragraph 1 of this Article, its firm name shall contain the name of at least one partner notary.
3. In order to obtain the consent provided for by paragraph 3 of Article 19 of this Law, the founders of the entrepreneurial legal entity shall submit a service improvement plan and a draft of the contract concluded between the partners (partners' agreement/charter). For the purpose of registration of the entrepreneurial legal entity provided for by this Article, the consent of the Ministry of Justice shall be submitted to the Legal Entity of Public Law operating in the field of governance of the Ministry of Justice − the National Agency of Public Registry.
4. A notary may not be a person employed under an employment contract in the entrepreneurial legal entity provided for by this Article.
5. Other matters related to the organization of notarial activity in accordance with this Article, as well as guarantees of the notary's independence, shall be determined by order of the Minister of Justice.
Law of Georgia of 16 March 2012 No. 5851 – website, 23.03.2012.
Article 20. Incompatibility of the notary's service🔗
1. A notary shall not be entitled, along with the performance of notarial activity, to hold another position or perform other remunerated work, except for pedagogical, scientific, creative activity.
2. A notary shall have the right to invest his/her personal capital.
3. A notary and the employees of his/her notary bureau shall be prohibited from being intermediaries of the parties when concluding a transaction.
4. It shall be inadmissible for a notary to place or disseminate improper advertising, as well as to advertise the notary's professional qualities. A notary shall have the right to disseminate information about his/her own notarial activity within the limits established by the "Instruction on the Rules for the Performance of Notarial Acts".
Law of Georgia of 16 March 2012 No. 5851 – website, 23.03.2012.
Article 21. Remuneration of a notary's labour and finances of a notary office🔗
1. The performance of a notarial act by a notary, as well as the provision of legal consultation and technical services related to this act, shall be for a fee, except for the cases provided by law. The amount of the remuneration intended for the notary, the time limits for the service and the procedure for the payment of the remuneration, as well as the amount of the fee established for the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia, the time limits for the service and the procedure for the payment of the fee, shall be determined by a Resolution of the Government of Georgia.
2. The income received by a notary from official activity shall consist of the amount that remains with the notary after the payment of the expenses for maintaining the notary office, the taxes established by law and other mandatory payments related to official activity, out of the amount that he/she received in the form of the remuneration intended for the notary. The notary's income may also consist of other financial contributions, the receipt of which does not contradict the legislation of Georgia, including, during the period of the notary's performance of notarial activity in a settlement provided for by paragraph 2¹ of Article 11 of this Law, income received in the form of financial assistance from the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia.
Law of Georgia of 20 December 2011 No. 5573 – website, 28.12.2011.
Law of Georgia of 10 December 2015 No. 4610 – website, 22.12.2015.
Law of Georgia of 3 June 2016 No. 5158 – website, 17.06.2016.
Article 22. Property liability of a notary🔗
A notary shall bear property liability for damage caused by his/her intentional or negligent act.
Article 23. Compulsory professional insurance of a notary🔗
1. In order to ensure compensation for the damage indicated in Article 22 of this Law, a notary shall be obliged to conclude a contract for compulsory professional insurance for the entire period of work.
2. The essential terms of a notary's professional insurance and the minimum amount of the insured sum shall be determined by the Minister of Justice upon the submission of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia.
2¹. In the case of the creation of an entrepreneurial legal entity provided for by Article 19¹ of this Law, the essential terms of professional insurance and the minimum amount of the insured sum shall be determined by the Minister of Justice.
3. The Chamber of Notaries of Georgia may conclude an insurance contract in order to compensate for the damage caused by its member, as indicated in Article 22 of this Law.
Law of Georgia of 16 March 2012 No. 5851 – website, 23.03.2012.
Article 24. Substitution of a Notary🔗
1. A notary is entitled, for the time of absence from work, in agreement with the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia, to appoint his/her substitute person. The total term of substitution of a notary during a calendar year shall not exceed 30 working days, except for the cases provided for by paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article. A notary elected / seconded to the governing bodies of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia or of international notary associations may, during an official mission, appoint his/her substitute person for an additional term of not more than 30 working days during a calendar year.
2. A notary is entitled, on account of pregnancy, childbirth, adoption of a newborn or childcare, to determine the term of authority of the notary's substitute person for a term of more than 30 working days during a calendar year, but not more than 90 working days, of which he/she submits the relevant documentation to the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia.
3. In a special case (serious illness of a notary, departure for study for the purpose of improving qualifications, and others), with the consent of the Ministry of Justice, a notary's substitute person may be appointed for a term of not more than 4 months.
4. A notary is prohibited from performing notarial acts during the period when his/her substitute person carries out official activity.
5. A notary is obliged to conclude a contract with his/her substitute person. A copy of the contract shall be submitted to the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia. A notary is obliged to enter the resolution adopted on the appointment of the notary's substitute person into the electronic notary registry.
6. A person who has passed the notaries' qualification exam may be appointed as a notary's substitute.
7. A notary's substitute person in his/her official activity is guided by this Law.
8. A notary's substitute person acquires official rights and duties from the day of appointment as a notary's substitute, and these rights and duties terminate upon his/her release from this position.
9. A notary's substitute person, when performing notarial acts, uses the official seal and the electronic notary registry of the notary whom he/she substitutes.
Law of Georgia of 20 December 2011 No. 5573 – website, 28.12.2011.
Article 24¹. Conclusion of an employment contract by a notary🔗
1. A notary may conclude an employment contract with another notary.
2. The employment contract shall be submitted to the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia. A notary working under an employment contract is entitled to perform all notarial acts prescribed by law, unless otherwise provided by the employment contract.
3. A notary working under an employment contract carries out notarial activity in the name of the notary with whom he/she has concluded the employment contract. The latter shall bear pecuniary liability for damage caused by the official activity of the notary working under the employment contract. A notary working under an employment contract shall be liable for a performed notarial act in accordance with the procedure established by the Regulation on Disciplinary Liability of Notaries.
4. The address of the notary office of a notary working under an employment contract shall be determined as the address of the notary office of the notary with whom he/she has concluded the employment contract. With the consent of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia, another address may be determined as the address of the notary office of a notary working under an employment contract. The conditions for granting such consent shall be determined by order of the Minister of Justice.
5. The number of notaries working under an employment contract with one notary may be limited by order of the Minister of Justice.
Law of Georgia No. 5851 of 16 March 2012 – website, 23.03.2012.
Article 25. Remuneration for the work of a person replacing a notary🔗
A person replacing a notary receives remuneration for work from the notary whom he/she replaces. The amount of remuneration for work is determined by the notary.
Article 26. Pecuniary liability of a person replacing a notary🔗
1. Pecuniary liability for damage caused by an unlawful official act of a person replacing a notary shall be borne by the notary.
2. The notary has the right of recourse against the person replacing the notary in the amount of the compensation paid.
Article 27. Candidate for the notary profession🔗
1. A candidate for the notary profession may be a citizen of Georgia who has a higher legal education and in respect of whom no fact confirming unsuitability for work as a notary is known.
2. A person who wishes to become a candidate for the notary profession (if he does not have at least 1 year of service working as a notary or at least 5 years of service working in the public service in his specialty) shall pass the competition for interns. In the event of successfully passing the competition, the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia shall send the person for internship, of which it shall provide information to the Ministry of Justice.
3. The competition for interns shall be held in the form of testing and/or an interview. The procedure and conditions for holding the competition shall be determined by a regulation developed by the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia and approved by the Minister of Justice.
4. A person who, before the entry into force of this Law, has completed an internship and no more than 2 years have elapsed from the completion of the internship until the appointment of the notaries' qualification examination determined by paragraph 1 of Article 57 of this Law shall be exempt from completing an internship.
Article 28. Internship🔗
1. Internship means instruction under a programme established by the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia at the training centre existing under the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia. The internship consists of two stages and includes theoretical and practical parts.
2. Of the internship
both
stages
for completing
of Georgia
Notaries
to the Chamber
payable
fee
shall be determined
of Georgia
Government
by Resolution.
3. The procedure for completing the internship shall be approved by the Minister of Justice upon the submission of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia.
Law of Georgia of 20 December 2011 No. 5573 – website, 28.12.2011.
Article 29. Termination of internship🔗
The grounds for termination of the internship are:
a) personal application of the intern;
b) systematic non-performance or improper performance by the intern of the duties assigned to him.
Article 30. Chamber of Notaries of Georgia🔗
1. The Chamber of Notaries of Georgia is a legal entity of public law founded on the membership of notaries and carries out its activities on the principle of self-governance.
2. The Chamber of Notaries of Georgia has a representative body in the Autonomous Republic of Ajara, whose budget and powers shall be determined by the charter of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia.
3. The charter of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia shall be adopted by the general meeting of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia.
Article 31. Composition of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia🔗
1. All notaries shall be members of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia.
2. A person becomes a member of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia upon appointment as a notary. The powers of a member of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia shall terminate upon dismissal from the position of notary.
Law of Georgia of 16 March 2012 No. 5851 – website, 23.03.2012.
Article 32. Membership contribution🔗
1. A notary shall be obliged to pay a membership contribution to the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia.
2. The amount of the membership contribution, as well as the deadline for payment of the membership contribution, shall be determined by the charter of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia.
Article 33. Powers of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia🔗
In order to fulfil the tasks assigned to it, the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia shall be entitled:
a) to represent a notary in a state body, in an association of citizens, to establish relations with other states and international organizations;
b) to submit to the Ministry of Justice proposals for the purpose of improving legal acts related to the activities of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia;
c) to require necessary information from notaries and to hear their explanations;
d) to establish the mandatory payments of notaries to the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia;
e) to create the apparatus of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia;
f) for the purpose of unifying the practice of notarial acts, to generalize notarial acts;
g) to carry out commercial activity for the fulfilment of its statutory goals;
h) to exercise other powers provided by the legislation of Georgia.
Article 34. Convocation of the general meeting of the members of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia and adoption of a decision🔗
1. The general meeting of the members of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia shall be convened once a year.
2. An extraordinary general meeting of the members of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia shall be convened:
a) upon the proposal of the Minister of Justice;
b) on the initiative of the Board of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia;
c) at the request of one fifth of the total number of the members of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia.
3. The general meeting of the members of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia shall be convened by the Board of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia, which shall notify the members of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia 2 weeks in advance of the time, place and agenda of the meeting.
4. A notary shall participate in the work of the general meeting of the members of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia in person or through a representative who is a member of the same Chamber and who has the appropriate written consent thereto.
5. The general meeting of the members of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia shall be competent if more than half of the total number of members attend it. A decision of the general meeting of the members of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia shall be adopted by a majority of the votes of the members present.
6. The Minister of Justice shall be entitled to introduce amendments to a decision of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia if it contradicts the legislation of Georgia.
Article 35. Competence of the General Meeting of Members of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia🔗
1. The General Meeting of Members of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia may include in the agenda and decide any issue falling within the competence of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia.
2. Only the General Meeting of Members of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia is authorised to take a decision on the following issues:
a) adoption of the Charter of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia, making amendments and additions thereto;
b) approval of the annual report of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia;
c) establishment of mandatory payments of notaries to the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia.
3. The General Meeting of Members of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia has the right, where there is a valid reason, to authorise the Board of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia to make amendments to the estimate of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia, which shall be submitted for approval to the next General Meeting of Members of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia.
Article 36. Composition and Sitting of the Board of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia🔗
1. The Chairperson of the Board of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia shall be elected by the General Meeting of Members of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia, upon the nomination of the Minister of Justice, for a term of 3 years, by a majority of the votes of the members present, by secret ballot.
2. If the General Meeting of Members of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia has twice in succession failed to elect the candidate nominated by the Minister of Justice for the position of Chairperson of the Board of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia, the General Meeting of Members of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia shall, within 2 weeks, elect the Chairperson of the Board of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia.
3. The Deputy Chairperson of the Board of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia and the members of the Board shall be elected by the General Meeting of Members of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia for a term of 3 years, by a majority of the votes of the members present, by secret ballot. The number of members of the Board shall be odd and shall not be less than three. The number of members of the Board shall be determined by an Order of the Minister of Justice.
4. A sitting of the Board of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia shall be held, as a rule, once a month. The sitting shall be convened by the Chairperson of the Board of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia.
Law of Georgia No. 5851 of 16 March 2012 – website, 23 March 2012.
Article 37. Competence of the Board of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia🔗
1. The Board of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia shall ensure the implementation of the Charter of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia and of the decisions of the general meeting of the members of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia.
2. In the period between the general meetings of the members of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia, the Board of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia shall perform all the tasks of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia, except for the exercise of the powers provided for by paragraph 2 of Article 35 of this Law, shall communicate with state bodies and other organizations on behalf of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia and shall submit proposals and opinions in its own name.
3. The Board of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia shall be entitled to involve members of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia in the performance of its tasks and to establish the apparatus of the Board of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia.
4. The Chairperson of the Board of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia, his/her deputy, other members and employees of the Board shall not be entitled to disclose data on those notarial acts which became known to them in connection with the activities of the Board (except for the cases provided for by paragraph 4 of Article 50 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Georgia). They shall be entitled to disclose such data only with the permission of the Board of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia. The secrecy of a notarial act shall be protected also in the event of these persons leaving the composition of the Board of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia or being dismissed from service.
Law of Georgia of 11 December 2013 No. 1732 – website, 25.12.2013.
Article 38. Notarial act🔗
1. A notary performs the following notarial acts:
a) in cases established by law or by agreement of the parties, certifies transactions;
b) issues a certificate of the right of ownership;
c) issues a certificate of the right of inheritance;
d) issues a certificate of the right of ownership to a share in the common property of the spouses;
e) takes measures to protect inherited property;
f) verifies the accuracy of a copy and an extract of a document against the original;
g) verifies the authenticity of a signature on a document;
h) verifies the accuracy of the translation of a document from one language into another;
i) certifies the fact that a citizen is alive;
j) certifies the fact that a citizen is at a specified place;
k) certifies the identity of a citizen with the person depicted in a photograph;
l) certifies the time of presentation of a document;
m) transmits a person's application and information to another person;
n) accepts money, securities and valuables for deposit;
o) issues a writ of execution;
p) performs the protest of a bill of exchange;
q) presents a cheque for payment and certifies the non-payment of the cheque;
r) accepts documents for safekeeping;
s) performs a sea protest.
2. In addition to the notarial acts provided for by this Law, a notary also performs other notarial acts provided for by the legislation of Georgia.
3. In connection with notarial acts, a notary provides legal consultation to persons and, at their request, drafts documents.
4. A notary is entitled to provide legal consultation to an interested person that is not connected with the performance of a notarial act.
4¹. A notary has the right to publicly offer a thing. The public offering of a thing is carried out using an electronic auction and/or other electronic means. The forms of public offering, as well as the electronic means used for public offering, are determined by the Minister of Justice. Arising from the right to publicly offer a thing, a notary is also entitled to provide consultation to an interested party.
5. A notary issues a writ of execution on the basis of a due claim for the recovery of a monetary debt, the transfer of a right to property, as well as a claim for forced enforcement against pledged/mortgaged property, if there is an agreement of the parties on this and the legal consequences of issuing the writ of execution have been explained in writing by the notary in the notarial act.
Law of Georgia of 16 March 2012 No. 5851 – website, 23.03.2012.
Article 38¹. Notarial mediation🔗
1. A notary may be a mediator between disputing parties:
a) in family law disputes (except adoption, declaration of adoption as invalid, restriction of parental rights and deprivation of parental rights);
b) in inheritance law disputes;
c) in neighbourhood law disputes;
d) in any other dispute, unless the legislation of Georgia provides a special rule for conducting mediation in such a dispute.
2. Mediation with the participation of a notary may be conducted with the consent of the disputing parties. In a case provided by law, an administrative body shall mandatorily apply to notarial mediation.
3. The rule for conducting notarial mediation shall be determined by order of the Minister of Justice.
4. If in the course of notarial mediation the dispute is ended by agreement of the parties, the notary shall draw up a settlement act, which shall be certified in notarial form.
5. In the event of non-fulfilment by a party of an obligation established by a settlement act concluded within the framework of notarial mediation, compulsory enforcement shall be carried out on the basis of a writ of execution issued by the notary, in accordance with the rule established by the Law of Georgia on Enforcement Proceedings.
Law of Georgia of 16 March 2012 No. 5851 – website, 23.03.2012.
Law of Georgia of 3 June 2016 No. 5158 – website, 17.06.2016.
Article 39. Authority to provide registration service🔗
A notary is entitled to ensure, in accordance with the rule established by the legislation of Georgia, the submission of an application and a registration document in electronic and/or material form to the body maintaining the state register, if the document certified as a result of the notarial service is subject to registration, as well as, within the scope of authority delegated by the body maintaining the state register, to carry out registration of a record on a right, a change in a right and/or termination of a right (in the registry of rights to immovable things, in the registry of entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurial (non-commercial) legal entities, as well as in other registries provided by the legislation of Georgia).
Law of Georgia of 16 March 2012 No. 5851 – website, 23.03.2012.
Article 40. Enforcement on the basis of a notarial document🔗
1. A notary shall issue a writ of execution on the basis of a written application of the creditor (his/her legal successor). The application shall be accompanied by the notarial document on the basis of which the applicant requests the issuance of the writ of execution. The creditor's (his/her legal successor's) application on the issuance of a writ of execution shall contain:
a) the identity of the notary to whom he/she applies with the application;
b) the identities/names of the parties and their representatives;
c) data on the volume of the unfulfilled principal and additional obligations;
d) an indication that the unfulfilled claim, for the satisfaction of which the writ of execution is to be issued, does not depend on the performance by the applicant of any counter (reciprocal) obligation, or that he/she has already performed such obligation;
e) the signature of the applicant.
2. Where the grounds established by this Article exist, the notary shall issue the writ of execution without requesting documents confirming the non-performance of the obligation.
3. In the sequence determined by this paragraph, the following shall be authorised to issue a writ of execution:
a) the notary who certified the transaction by notarial procedure, or the person substituting this notary;
b) in the event of suspension or termination of the powers of the notary provided for by subparagraph "a" of this paragraph — another acting notary.
4. Enforcement shall be permitted on the basis of the original of the notary's writ of execution. In the event of loss of the writ of execution, a certified copy (duplicate) of the writ of execution shall be issued by the notary in the sequence determined by paragraph 3 of this Article, and where issuance of the duplicate in this manner is impossible — by the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia.
5. Enforcement on the basis of a writ of execution issued by a notary shall be carried out in the manner established by the Law of Georgia "On Enforcement Proceedings". At the same time, challenging the writ of execution and/or the notarial document for the satisfaction of which the writ of execution was issued shall not suspend enforcement.
6. The procedure for issuing a writ of execution shall be established by the "Instruction on the Procedure for Performing Notarial Acts".
Law of Georgia of 16 March 2012 No. 5851 – website, 23.03.2012.
Article 40¹. Registration of civil acts by a notary🔗
1. Within the scope of the powers delegated by the body maintaining the state register, the notary shall carry out the registration of marriage and divorce in the manner established by the Law of Georgia "On Civil Acts".
2. By agreement with the persons wishing to marry, the notary may perform the registration of marriage in a solemn setting.
Law of Georgia of 16 March 2012 No. 5851 – website, 23.03.2012.
Article 41. (Deleted)🔗
Law of Georgia of 15 December 2010 No. 4071 - LHG I, No. 74, 24.12.2010, Art. 461
Law of Georgia of 28 December 2011 No. 5664 – website, 12.01.2012.
Law of Georgia of 5 February 2014 No. 1968 - website, 19.02.2014.
Article 42. Notarial acts performed by officials of diplomatic representations and consular institutions🔗
Notarial acts, in addition to a notary, may be performed abroad by duly authorized officials of Georgia’s diplomatic representations and consular institutions, who are guided by the legal acts regulating the activities of consular institutions and diplomatic representations and by the requirements provided for by this Law. Authorized officials of consular institutions and diplomatic representations shall be vested with the authority to perform notarial acts only if they have access to the electronic notarial register.
Article 43. Certification by officials of those wills and powers of attorney that are equated to documents certified by notarial procedure🔗
1. The following are equated to documents certified by notarial procedure:
a) the will of a person receiving treatment in a hospital, another inpatient medical-prophylactic institution or a sanatorium, certified by the chief physician of that hospital, other inpatient medical-prophylactic institution or sanatorium, by his/her deputy in the medical unit or by the doctor on duty; the will of a person living in a specialised institution for the elderly or for persons with limited abilities, certified by the director or the chief physician of that specialised institution; the will and power of attorney of a military serviceman or other person receiving treatment in a hospital, sanatorium or other military-medical institution, certified by the head of that hospital, sanatorium or other military-medical institution, by his/her deputy in the medical unit, by the head of the medical unit or by the doctor on duty;
b) the wills of citizens on a sea-going vessel flying the flag of Georgia or on an aircraft, certified by the captain of that sea-going vessel or the commander of the aircraft;
c) the wills of citizens in prospecting-reconnaissance and other expeditions similar thereto, certified by the head of the respective expedition;
d) the wills and powers of attorney of military servicemen, and at the points of deployment of a military unit, formation, institution and military school where there is no notarial office and other bodies performing notarial acts – also the wills and powers of attorney of workers and employees, their family members and family members of military servicemen, certified by the commander (head) of that unit, formation, institution and school;
e) the wills and powers of attorney of persons placed in a penitentiary institution, certified by the director of that institution.
2. The persons provided for by subparagraphs „a“, „d“ and „e“ of paragraph 1 of this Article shall be vested with the authority to perform the notarial act provided for by the corresponding subparagraph of paragraph 1 of this Article only where the electronic notarial register is accessible.
3. In the cases provided for by subparagraphs „b“ and „c“ of paragraph 1 of this Article, the testator shall, immediately upon return to ordinary domestic conditions, present the will to a notary, who shall ensure the registration of the corresponding notarial act in the electronic notarial register. In the event of the death of the testator before return to ordinary domestic conditions, the persons provided for by subparagraphs „b“ and „c“ of paragraph 1 of this Article shall be obliged to present the wills kept with them to a notary for official deposit, and the notary shall ensure the registration of the corresponding notarial act in the electronic notarial register.
Law of Georgia of 6 July 2010 No. 3363 - LHG I, No. 40, 20.07.2010, Art. 244
Law of Georgia of 24 September 2010 No. 3618 - LHG I, No. 50, 24.09.2010, Art. 327
Law of Georgia of 1 May 2015 No. 3552 - website, 18.05.2015
Law of Georgia of 26 June 2025 No. 843 - website, 03.07.2025
Article🔗
43¹. Fee
charged
by authorised
officials
for the performance
of notarial
acts
The officials provided for by Article 43 of this Law shall charge a fee for the performance of notarial acts in accordance with the rates determined by the Resolution of the Government of Georgia on the "Procedure for Charging the Fee for the Performance of Notarial Acts and the Amount of the Fee Established for the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia", and it shall be credited in full to the municipal budget.
Law of Georgia of 20 December 2011 No. 5573 – website, 28.12.2011
Law of Georgia of 5 February 2014 No. 1968 - website, 19.02.2014
Law of Georgia of 15 July 2020 No. 6948 - website, 28.07.2020
Article 44. Performance of a notarial act🔗
A notarial act may be performed, at the request of a person, by any notary.
Article 45. Time limit for the performance of a notarial act🔗
A notarial act shall be performed after the submission of all documents required for it.
Article 46. Postponement and suspension of the performance of a notarial act🔗
1. The performance of a notarial act may be postponed:
a) if additional data or documents have been requested – until they are received;
b) if an expert examination is being conducted – until the expert opinion is received;
c) at the request of an interested person who wishes to apply to a court in order to contest the right or fact the confirmation of which is requested by the other person. In this case, the notary shall be entitled to postpone the performance of the notarial act for a period of not more than 10 days. If, within the period set by the notary, no notice is received from the court concerning the filing of the application by the interested person, the notary shall perform the notarial act.
2. The performance of a notarial act shall be suspended on the basis of a relevant notification from the court, until the legal dispute is resolved in court.
3. When the performance of a notarial act is postponed or suspended, the notary shall not issue a document or certificate certified in notarial form and, within 2 days of the postponement or suspension of the performance of the notarial act, shall issue a ruling on the postponement or suspension of the performance of the notarial act. Where necessary, the notary shall state in the ruling that the authority and legal capacity of the persons have been verified.
Article 47. Restriction of the right to perform a notarial act🔗
1. Notaries and persons who, in accordance with Articles 42 and 43 of this Law, perform notarial acts shall not have the right to perform a notarial act in which they themselves or their parents, spouse, children, grandchildren, grandfathers, grandmothers, brothers, sisters, or the spouse's parents participate (personally or through a representative).
2. A notary shall not have the right to certify a transaction in which an enterprise participates that is founded on capital belonging to this notary, his/her spouse, parent, child, sister or brother, and this fact is known to the notary.
3. A notarial act performed in violation of this Article is void.
Law of Georgia of 5 February 2014 No. 1968 – website, 19.02.2014.
Article 48. Establishment of a person's identity, authority and legal capacity, verification of a representative's authority and request of documents🔗
1. When performing a notarial act, the notary and other officials who perform the notarial act shall establish, on the basis of identity documents, the identity of the persons who request the performance of the notarial act or of their representatives.
2. In a case provided by law or by agreement of the parties, when certifying a transaction, the notary shall verify the authority and legal capacity of the persons participating in the transaction.
3. If the transaction is performed through a representative, the notary shall also verify the authority of the representative.
4. The notary shall have the right to request from an institution, enterprise and organisation the documents necessary for the performance of the notarial act.
Article 49. Explanation of the content and legal consequences of a notarial act🔗
The notary shall be obliged, when performing a notarial act, to explain the content and legal consequences of the notarial act to the persons who request the performance of the notarial act. At the same time, the notary shall be obliged to take care that the interests of the persons who are not familiar with the legislation of Georgia and need legal consultation are not infringed.
Article 50. Rule of signing a notarial document🔗
1. In a case provided by law, a transaction or another document shall be signed in the presence of a notary. If the notary was not present at the signing of the transaction or another document, the signing person must personally confirm that the signature is his/hers.
2. If a notarial document contains the expression of will of a participant of a notarial act, the notary must read the text of the document to him/her before the signing of the document.
3. If the person requesting the performance of a notarial act is deaf or a person lacking the ability to speak, the notary shall, where necessary, use the assistance of an appropriate specialist to explain to him/her the content and legal consequences of the notarial act. This specialist must confirm by signature that he/she explained to the said person the content of the notarial act and that it corresponds to his/her will.
4. Instead of the person who, due to illness or limited capability or for another reason, is unable to sign the document, another person shall sign this document at his/her instruction, in the presence of the official performing the notarial act and indicating the reason why the person is unable to sign the said document.
5. If the person requesting the performance of a notarial act is blind or a person who cannot read and write, the notary must read to him/her the text of the relevant document and must duly indicate this in the relevant document.
Law of Georgia of 14 July 2020 No. 6834 – website, 28.07.2020.
Law of Georgia of 26 June 2025 No. 843 - website, 03.07.2025.
Article 51. Registration of a notarial act🔗
1. A notarial act performed by notaries and the persons provided for by Articles 42 and 43 of this Law shall be registered in the electronic notarial registry.
2. A performed notarial act shall be assigned an independent number, which shall be indicated in the issued documents and certification inscriptions.
3. The notary shall issue an extract from the electronic notarial registry on the basis of a written application of the person at whose request or in respect of whom the notarial act was performed, unless otherwise provided by this Law.
Law of Georgia of 5 February 2014 No. 1968 - website, 19.02.2014.
Article 52. Refusal to perform a notarial act🔗
1. A notary and the persons provided for by Articles 42 and 43 of this Law shall refuse to perform a notarial act if:
a) the performance of the notarial act contradicts the legislation of Georgia;
b) the documents submitted for the performance of the notarial act do not comply with the established requirements, or contain information defaming the honour and dignity of persons, or contradict the universally recognised norms of morality;
c) a participant in the notarial act is not an authorised person or does not have dispositive legal capacity, or the request for the performance of the notarial act has been submitted in a language which the notary does not command, and there is no possibility of using an interpreter.
2. A notary's decision on refusal to perform a notarial act shall be reasoned in writing and shall be delivered, not later than 3 days after it is drawn up, to the person who was refused the performance of the notarial act.
3. The notary shall be obliged to explain to the person who was refused the performance of the notarial act the procedure and time limit for appealing the decision.
Law of Georgia No. 1968 of 5 February 2014 – website, 19.02.2014.
Article 53. Appealing against a notary's act or decision🔗
1. A person whose interests are affected by a notarial act, or a person who was refused the performance of a notarial act, may appeal to a court against the notarial act or the decision on refusal to perform the notarial act, according to the location of the notary office.
2. A complaint about the activity of a notary which is not provided for by paragraph 1 of this Article shall be considered by the Ministry of Justice or, on its assignment, by the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia.
Article 54. Performance of a notarial act for nationals of another state and stateless persons🔗
Nationals of another state and stateless persons may, in person or through a representative, request the performance of a notarial act in the same manner as nationals of Georgia.
Article 55. Acceptance by a notary of a document issued in another state🔗
A document issued in another state shall be accepted by a notary if it is legalised or certified by an apostille, in the manner established by the legislation of Georgia.
Article 56. Effect of international treaties and agreements🔗
If international treaties or agreements concluded by Georgia or to which it has acceded establish a rule for the performance of a notarial act different from that determined by the legislation of Georgia, the notary shall be guided accordingly by the international treaties or agreements.
Article 57. Transitional provisions🔗
1. For the purposes of Article 11 of this Law, the notaries' qualification examination shall mean an examination to be held after the entry into force of this Law, in accordance with the procedure established by Article 12 of this Law.
2. Persons substituting a notary appointed before the entry into force of this Law by the Minister of Justice of Georgia, upon the proposal of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia, to a vacant position of notary, shall be considered notaries appointed to the position in accordance with the procedure established by this Law.
3. Notaries and persons substituting a notary appointed by the Minister of Justice of Georgia, upon the proposal of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia, to a vacant position of notary, who resigned from the position/whose term of acting as a substitute notary expired during the last 2 years before the entry into force of this Law, and in respect of whom there is no ground for refusal to hold the position of notary, are entitled, after the entry into force of this Law, to apply to the Minister of Justice of Georgia with an application for appointment to the position. If they meet the requirements provided for by this Law, they shall be appointed to the position of notary and shall carry out notarial activities.
(The normative content of paragraph 3 of Article 57, which grants former notaries, if they resigned from the position during the last 2 years before the entry into force of this Law, the possibility of appointment to the position of notary under a simplified procedure, was declared invalid) - Decision of the Constitutional Court of Georgia No. 2/6/1664 of 24 October 2024 – website, 31.10.2024.
4. The Ministry of Justice of Georgia, together with the Legal Entity of Public Law – the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia, shall ensure, for the 2010 spring session of the Parliament of Georgia, the elaboration of a new rule for calculating the fee intended for the performance of a notarial act and the submission to the Parliament of Georgia of a draft law on introducing corresponding amendments to the Law of Georgia "On the Fee for the Performance of Notarial Acts".
5. By the day of the entry into force of this Law, the Ministry of Justice of Georgia shall ensure the compliance of the relevant subordinate acts with this Law.
6. The Chamber of Notaries of Georgia and the notaries appointed to the position before the entry into force of this Law shall ensure, respectively, the inventory of inheritance cases and wills kept in the archive of the Chamber of Notaries of Georgia and in notarial offices and the entry of the relevant data into the electronic notarial register.
7. The order provided for by paragraph 5 of Article 16 of this Law shall be issued by the Minister of Justice of Georgia for 2010 not later than 1 month after the entry into force of this Law.
Law of Georgia No. 3363 of 6 July 2010 - LHG I, No. 40, 20.07.2010, Art. 244
Decision of the Constitutional Court of Georgia No. 2/6/1664 of 24 October 2024 – website, 31.10.2024.
Article 58. Entry into force of the Law🔗
1. This Law, except for Articles 1–56 of this Law, paragraphs 1–3 of Article 57 and paragraph 3 of Article 58, shall enter into force upon publication.
2. Articles 1–56 of this Law, paragraphs 1–3 of Article 57 and paragraph 3 of Article 58 shall enter into force from 1 April 2010.
3. The Law of Georgia of 3 May 1996 "On Notaries" (Parliamentary Herald, No. 012, 31.05.96, p. 16) shall be declared invalid.
President of Georgia
Mikheil Saakashvili
Tbilisi,
4 December 2009.
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