Notary public activities are one of the most popular types of activities among lawyers. Despite of its prevalence and popularity, it is not an easy task to become a public notary.
To render public notary services you need to obtain a public notary license. To obtain it, you need to have a legal education, certain employment record and undergo training and certification.
In this material, we will describe how to accomplish the steps.
Submission of application to perform public notary activities is performed through an online service of e-Licensing Portal.
After signing in and opening the service page you need to select an activity subtype:
Afterwards, select a licensor (Ministry of Justice of the RoK), fill in the fields of request and enclose the following documents:
Then, you can pay for national duty (6 MCI) online and sign a request using digital signature.
License will be issued within 15 working days.
In Kazakhstan, a citizen can become a public notary if he/she:
To obtain a license to perform public notary activities, you need to undergo training and certification.
To complete an internship for the right to engage in notarial activity, it is necessary to conclude an internship agreement with the Notary Chamber.
The duration of the internship program is at least one year.
Upon completion of training, a public notary, who supervised your training, draws up a statement containing information on execution of professional training program by an intern. Statement is to be approved within 10 working days by a coordinated decision of local justice agency and notary chamber. In case if an intern hasn`t completed a professional training program to the full extent, an additional time is provided to him/her.
Training of public notaries is delivered on a paid basis: 10 MCI monthly.
Note: Training is not requested from judges and individuals, who worked as regular judges, except judges dismissed for defamatory offences and violation of legitimacy when exercising authorities, and also individuals, who have an employment record as public notaries, except those dismissed from position for negative reasons.
To pass the certification, it is necessary to send through the web portal of the "electronic government" the documents at the place of residence specified in paragraph 8 of the Standard of the state service "Certification of persons applying for the right to engage in notarial activity" in the form of an electronic document signed with an electronic digital signature (EDS):
If documents package is incomplete or submitted incorrectly, you will be notified within 5 working days.
Certification consists of two stages: computer test to check knowledge of the RoK legislation and oral assignment based on examination cards. Certification can be carried out both in Kazakh and Russian.
On the following day after certification, the Commission makes a substantiated decision on whether a candidate is certified or not certified. You can appeal a decision made by the Commission through legal action. In case if a candidate is not certified, he/she can undergo another certification no earlier than in 3 months.
Note: Decision is valid within 3 years from the moment it was made.
Notary public activity is terminated for the period up to 6 month in the following cases:
Apart from general grounds stipulated by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a license is terminated for the period of:
Termination of license is a temporary dismissal of activities, which bans to perform notary public/attorney activities. A stamp is submitted to a local justice agency for the period of termination.