Jörg Bettendorf

Jörg Bettendorf (* 1946 ) is a German notary .

Career

Bettendorf has been working as a notary since 1983, initially in Krefeld and since 2005 in Hilden .

Beyond his immediate professional sphere of activity, he campaigned for the interests of his profession. In 1997 he became a member of the board of directors of the Rhineland Chamber of Notaries and served as its vice-president from 2001 to April 2009.

Since it was founded in 1981, he has long been a member of the IT working group of the Rhineland Chamber of Notaries and also acted as chairman of the IT committee of the Federal Chamber of Notaries . In these offices he was instrumental in promoting the use of information technology in the notary's office.

He played a key role in founding Notarnet GmbH in 2000, which, with the notary network, provides notaries throughout Germany with a secure network for electronic communication. In 2005, IT recommendations for notaries and notary auditors were drawn up under his leadership. He also played a key role in the introduction of electronic signatures and a certification body for digital signatures at the Federal Chamber of Notaries.

Honors

• 1993: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
• September 23, 2009: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany

  in recognition of the special merits of the honoree in the preventive administration of justice and the notarial status

Works

• Electronic right-hand traffic. - Neuwied: Luchterhand, 2000
• IT and the Internet in notarial practice. - Cologne: Heymann, 2002