Ministry of Justice Approves New Rules for Appointing Notaries in Remote Areas

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — The Ministry of Justice has registered a new regulation in the state registry outlining the procedure for appointing candidates to the position of notary in government notarial offices located in remote and sparsely populated areas (notarial districts) based on interviews conducted by the Supreme Qualification Commission.

According to the regulation, an interview is held when a notary position is vacant in a district listed in the Notarial District Registry, approved by Presidential Decree No. PQ–280 dated 9 September 2025, or when a new position is established.

The Supreme Qualification Commission and its working body are responsible for organizing and conducting the interviews, while candidate documents are first reviewed by territorial commissions.

Information about upcoming interviews is published in the newspaper Chelovek i Zakon (“Man and Law”) and on the official website of the Ministry of Justice.

Territorial commissions review candidate documents within 15 days. If the documents meet the established requirements, the commission issues a conclusion and forwards them to the Supreme Qualification Commission.

During the interview, candidates are assessed on the completeness and accuracy of their responses to professional questions, their systematic knowledge of notarial practice, the ability to apply this knowledge in practice, and their capacity to analyze social processes and challenges.

Notaries who have worked in a district for at least three years will be allowed to continue private practice in any other region of the country.

The regulation comes into effect on 1 April 2026.