Title III
in forceThe exercise of the office of civil-law notary
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The exercise of the office of civil-law notary
The performance of legal services and services that the civil-law notary (notaris) customarily performs in connection therewith, is based on an…
Articles 2:1, paragraphs 2 and 3, and 2:2, as well as Chapters 3, 4, and 9 of the General Administrative Law Act (Algemene wet bestuursrecht) do not…
The civil-law notary shall exercise his office in independence and shall represent the interests of all parties involved in the legal act in an…
A civil-law notary may enter into a partnership with practitioners of another profession, provided that his independence or impartiality is not, or…
A civil-law notary may not execute a deed in which he himself, his spouse, or a blood relative or relative by affinity up to and including the third…
The civil-law notary may not execute a deed that contains a benefit for one or more of the persons referred to in Article 19, paragraph 1; the…
Notarial deeds containing testamentary dispositions shall not contain any other legal acts.
The civil-law notary is obliged to perform the duties assigned to him by or pursuant to the law or requested by a party, subject to the provisions of…
The civil-law notary is, insofar as not otherwise provided by law, obliged to maintain confidentiality with regard to all matters of which he…
The civil-law notary is prohibited, directly or indirectly, from performing or omitting acts of which he must reasonably expect that they may lead to…
The civil-law notary is obliged to keep records of his office assets and of all matters concerning his professional activities, including the…
The civil-law notary is obliged to maintain one or more special accounts in his name with a financial undertaking that is permitted to carry on the…
By regulation of Our Minister, civil-law notaries may be imposed with the obligation to submit a notification to the Bureau if events occur, to be…
If the continuity of a civil-law notary’s practice is threatened due to the manner of business operations, the chair of the Chamber for the Notarial…
A civil-law notary shall be suspended from the exercise of his office by the chair of the Chamber for the Notarial Profession if he:
A civil-law notary who, due to his physical or mental condition, is unable to properly perform his duties may, after being heard or duly summoned, be…
Provision is made for the performance of the duties of the office of civil-law notary:
A civil-law notary (notaris) or an assistant civil-law notary (toegevoegd notaris) may be appointed as a substitute (waarnemer). A junior civil-law…
The civil-law notary practice shall be continued for the account and risk of the replaced civil-law notary:
The junior civil-law notary (kandidaat-notaris) who has been appointed as a substitute shall, if this has not already taken place, take the oath…
A former civil-law notary (notaris) shall, if he so wishes, acquire the status of candidate civil-law notary (kandidaat-notaris) for a period of one…