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Can I be confident that the information that the notary possesses will be kept secret?

Ani Galstyan
RA Ministry of Justice Personnel expert

- According to Article 5 of the RA ‘Notaries Law’ the notary is obliged to keep the information he/she possesses from the certified or verified documents secret. That responsibility is preserved after the notary is dismissed.

The person with the consent of whom or towards whom a notary action was made, as well as the successor or the representative can release the notary from the duty of preserving the notarial secret by their signature.

By this provision in case of the absence of successors after the death of indicated people or in case of no possibility to interact with the latter, the notary can be released of his duty to preserve the secret of notarial actions by the court’s decision.

In the cases defined by the law and in case of presence of other legitimate excuses the court can release the notary from the duty of preserving the secret of notarial actions.

In case of publishing the notarial secret the notary can be subjected to disciplinary sanctions.

Disciplinary proceedings are started against the notary by the Minister of Justice by his initiative or by the suggestion of the Notary Chamber, as well as the Notary Chamber by its own initiative.

The appearance of consequences as a result of publishing the notarial secret depends on the circumstances of the certain case.