Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan signed the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On Amendments and Additions to Some Legislative Acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Connection with a Radical Reform of the Notary System”. Previously, this Law was approved at the twenty-fifth plenary meeting of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis.

The law amended and supplemented the laws “On Collateral”, “On Notaries”, “On Leasing”, “On Mortgage”, “On Realtor Activity”, “On Exchange of Credit Information”, “On Guardianship and Trusteeship”, “On Mediation” ”, The Civil and Civil Procedural Codes of the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as the List of activities for which licenses are required, approved by the Resolution of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The law envisages:

* phased transfer of state notaries to private notaries;

* the procedure for organizing the activities of the Notary Chamber of the Republic of Uzbekistan, its main tasks and activities;

* the abolition of mandatory notarization for certain types of transactions, as well as the introduction of new types of notarial acts;

* the abolition of certain requirements for certification of contracts of alienation, rental (lease) and gratuitous use of property, and simplification of the process of certifying such transactions;

* the introduction of a mechanism for the implementation of notarial actions remotely, including through video conferencing;

* civil liability insurance of notaries of private notaries in order to protect citizens from damage caused in the process of performance by a notary of their professional duties;

* the provision of operational notarial services by improving the system of electronic appeal to a notary, etc.

International best practice testifies to the increased need of individuals and legal entities for an active non-state model of notaries, which serves as a preventative justice. Such a notary is able to flexibly respond to changing social processes, quickly change to the needs of consumers.

Proceeding from this, an active position of the notary institution and its improvement as an instrument of preventive justice should become an important factor in raising public services to a qualitatively new level.

Batir MATMURATOV,

Chairman of the Senate Committee of the Oliy Majlis

on legal issues and anti-corruption