Almanac of law. Issue 15 (2024), pages 500–505.

DOI: 10.33663/2524-017X-2024-15-500-505

Boyko O. V.
Legal regulation and organization of notary activities

A theoretical and legal analysis of the legal regulation of the notary institution and the organization of notarial activity in Ukraine was carried out. The article classifies normative legal acts according to the following criteria: procedural purpose, presentation form: legal nature. The author proves that the notary performs the powers defined by the law regarding the implementation of the state function in matters of protection and protection of the rights and legitimate interests of citizens and legal entities. The dualistic nature of the notary caused the existence of ambiguous assessments in legal science regarding the place of the notary in the legal system. The author supported the proposal of scientists regarding the adoption of two codes — Notarial and Notarial-procedural, which will contain as much as possible improved and generalized norms for regulating the organization and activity of the notary of Ukraine.

Modern society is constantly undergoing changes, therefore, in order to qualitatively fulfill its powers, namely to protect the rights and legitimate interests of those who seek help from a notary public, the latter must constantly improve itself and meet the requirements of the times. That is why the research topic is relevant. Citizens turn to the notary every day with various questions that require legal assistance. A notary is not only a specialist in the field of law, because his knowledge is not limited to the theory of law, but also concerns psychology, sociology, linguistics, economics, etc. He has a high responsibility before the society, in connection with the execution of the powers granted by the state. A modern Ukrainian notary can be safely called a Latin-type notary. From the point of view of Ukrainian legislation, a notary is a system of state bodies and officials, as well as privately practicing notaries, who are called to ensure the protection of the rights and legitimate interests of individuals and legal entities by performing notarial actions prescribed by law on behalf of Ukraine. The notary is a special institution that is an association of persons authorized to perform notarial activities on behalf of the state on a permanent and professional basis. At the moment, the notary in Ukraine is a structure that is being formed, is in the stage of reformation, with a lot of shortcomings: sufficiently large gaps and contradictions in the legislation, misunderstanding of the essence of the notary and the peculiarities of its activity, controversial issues in the field of professional competence and the status of a notary.

Key words: notary, notary institution, notary activity, human rights, rights protection.

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Oleg Volodymyrovych Boyko,
Postgraduate Student, Faculty of Law,
National Aviation University
ORCID: 0000-0002-9538-534Х