Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) –– The Regulation on the procedure for determining the minimum number of notary posts in a notarial district was approved.

According to this, if the number of private notaries in a notarial district is less than the established minimum number of notary posts in the relevant district, then a notary public position is established.

The minimum number of notary posts in a notarial district is determined by the Ministry of Justice.

An unlimited number of private notaries can be created in a notarial district

In each notarial district, at least one notary public must carry out activities. When determining the minimum number of notary posts, the following criteria are taken into account:

- the average monthly number of notarial acts performed by notaries of the notarial district for the last 3 years (300 - 400 notarial acts per notary); -

- population in the notarial district:

- in notarial districts established within the boundaries of the city of Tashkent, in the city of Nukus and regional centers - one notary for no more than 10 thousand people;

- in notarial districts established within the boundaries of cities of regional subordination - one notary for no more than 25 thousand people;

- in notarial districts established within the boundaries of rural areas - one notary for no more than 30 thousand people.