Notary
In German law, a notary is a civil servant (sometimes also a person with a different legal status) who is authorized to carry out public notarizations or certifications . The scope of the competencies of the persons named afterwards varies widely.
One differentiates
- the notary (in accordance with the Federal Notarial Code and the Notarization Act ),
- the court clerks (§ 153 GVG ),
- the municipal registrars according to the Civil Status Act ,
- the notifying person of the youth welfare office for the tasks mentioned in § 59 SGB VIII,
- the notary of the supervision authority , § 6 Supervision Authorities Act , only for precautionary powers and supervision decrees
- the head of the local court according to the Hessian local court law
- the consul for activities outside the federal territory
- Public service employees who are entitled to carry out official certifications (Sections 33, 34 VwVfG or corresponding state law)
The notary is entitled to use an official seal .
literature
- Axel Freiherr von Campenhausen , Joachim E. Christoph: Official certifications of the publicly corporation churches in secular law. In: German administrative gazette . 1987, pp. 984-989.
- Bernhard Knittel: Notarizations in child law. A representation for the practice of youth welfare offices, consular officers, notaries, courts and registry offices. 8th, revised edition. Bundesanzeiger Verlag, Cologne 2017, ISBN 978-3-8462-0765-9 .
- Toni Siegenthaler: The civil status register. Notarization, administration and disclosure of civil status data. Stämpfli, Bern 2013, ISBN 978-3-7272-3101-8 .
- Wolfram Waldner: Notarization right. for notarial practice. Schmidt, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-503-10353-9 .
Web links
- Evangelical Lutheran Regional Church Hanover: Order on the right to seal and authenticate church bodies under public law of January 8, 1991, KABl. 1991, p. 4
- Uwe Kai Jacobs: Recognition of official certifications of the churches incorporated under public law in secular legal relations April 24, 2014 (PDF)