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Notary in Georgia a notary is liberal in his (her) profession and performs state authority by means of notary and other associated acts (deeds). In Soviet times notary was a state official. Since 1996 based on the Georgian Law, "About Notary" the legal status of notary as of the representative of liberal profession has been determined. Notary is an impartial and trusty advisor of its client. A document attested by the notary has indisputable probative force. Notary is responsible for the damage caused by its official activity. Along with legislation, insuring of notary’s professional responsibility, operating since 2010, also provides a guarantee of citizen’s immunity. Damage caused by culpable or careless acts of notaries is remunerated by the insurance company. Notary shall keep secrecy of information having become known to it in association with its profession. This obligation also survives after notary is released from the position.
Since 2009 notary has to register any notary act in electronic registry. As a result of creation of electronic base of notary acts, getting of notary services significantly simplified and accelerated; one may get notary service in single space; one may get inheritance certificate with any notary; the practice of on-line notarization has been introduced; one may check whether any notary deed is registered or not and be ascertained in its trustworthiness without going out, at the web-site of the Notary Chamber. There are 224 practicing notaries in Georgia. Based on the Order of the Minister of Justice the number of notaries should not exceed 300.
Requirements
Notary’s position may be occupied by a capable Georgian citizen with higher legal education, having passed relevant traineeship or at least one year length of service as a notary or at least 5 years length of service in public bodies, also having successfully passed qualification examination of notaries and won contest according to the Order No. 3 of the Minister of Justice, "About the rule of conducting a contest for selection the notary candidates", approved on January 10, 2012.
All practicing notaries in Georgia are associated in the Notary Chamber of Georgia. Control over official activities of notaries is performed by the Ministry of Justice (Georgia).
It is thought that in Georgia there should be an organization similar to the Scriveners of ancient Rome and notaries’ corporations like in 12th century Italy, France, Germany and Byzantium. Apart from separate writers or bibliophiles, a group of "scribes" used to give a legal from to the ideas of people and relations among them. In the judgment of Ivane Javakhishvili, one or several scribes should be group leaders. There is an impression that it should be a cooperation of "writers", who determined rights and obligations of group leader and its members.