Professional services regulation: notaries

• Author: Schmid, Christoph U.; Pinkel, Tobias
• Pages: 42-44

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7. Professional ser vices regulation: notar ies

7.1 Mar ket entry and st ruct ure regulation

Ta ble 16: Mar ke t e nt ry a nd str uct ure reg ula tion

Regu lati on

Subj ect ive

re quirement s

Qual ificati ons ( diplom as, exam s, concours) requ ired

to beco me a nota ry in your count ry:

• Univ ersit y deg ree i n not arial law;

• At le ast six y ears pr actice as a “ candi date n otar y” under the

sup ervi sion of a notary (Art . 3 1 pa ra. 1 Wn a);

• Thr ee y ears of pr ofessional edu cati on d uri ng th e

aforem ent ioned six year s, w hich end s wi th an ex am (Art . 3 3

par a. 1 Wna) .

Ob ject ive re qui rem ent s

Do num eru s clause s and ot her ob ject ive

requir ement s exist ?

The notary needs to be ap poin ted for a cer tain area b y t he Mi nist ry

of Just ice ( Art . 6 para. 2 Wn a).

To b e appoi nted th e can didat e m ust subm it a business pla n, sh owin g

th at s/ he ca n run a soun d and profi tabl e off ice ( ext ending t o a per iod

of thr ee y ears, Art . 7 Abs. 2 W na).

Cit ize nsh ip

re quirement s

Are foreign candidat es ad mit ted de i ure and also d e

facto under the same con dition s as nationals?

Yes

I nt er -p rof ession al

coo per ation

Are for ms of c ollab orat ion bet ween notaries an d

ot her prof essionals allowed and usu al?

It is al lowed but 60 % of the not aries wor k in depen dent ly.

Busin ess st ru ctu re

Are not ary asso ciat ions/ cor por atio ns allo wed?

Int er-p rofessi onal cooper atio n is al lowed bet ween not ari es, l awy ers

and tax advocat es. Th e cooper ation must not af fect th e neu tralit y o r

im part iali ty of t he n otar y.