Article 15. Notary engaged in private practice of the Notary Law

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1. A notary engaged in private practice is a citizen who carries out notarial activities without forming a legal entity on the basis of a license, who has insured his civil liability for obligations arising from damage caused as a result of notarial acts, and who has joined the notary chamber.

2. A notary engaged in private practice has the right to open current accounts in banking institutions, hire and dismiss assistants, technical workers, according to labor legislation, dispose of income received from performing notarial acts, act in courts on his behalf and perform other actions in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

3. (The provisions of paragraph 3 lose their legal force and are not subject to application - by Resolution No. 1 of the Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated January 31, 2005)

4. A notary engaged in private practice must have one room suitable for unhindered access by individuals and representatives of legal entities, observance of notarial secrecy and conditions for ensuring the safety of notarial records.

The notary is obliged to send a notification to the territorial body of justice on the commencement of notarial activity, indicating the location of its premises, within one month from the date of joining the notary chamber.

The territorial body of justice, within five working days from the date of notification by the notary of the commencement of notarial activity or receipt of a notary's application for a change in the location of its premises within the territory designated by it, is obliged to check for compliance of this premises with the requirements of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Prior to sending a notification to the territorial judicial authority on the termination of notarial activity, the notary is obliged to transfer all notarial documents in custody to another notary or to a private notary archive, and to hand over the seal of the private notary to the territorial notary chamber.

5. (excluded). 6. (excluded).

7. One or more notaries may work in the same premises if they comply with the requirements of paragraph 4 of this article.

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated July 14, 1997 No. 155-I.

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