Article 18. Notary Duties of the Notary Law

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The notary is obliged to:

1) perform notarial acts, as well as actions related to electronic registration, in accordance with the requirements of this Law, the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On State Registration of Rights to Immovable Property" and other regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan regulating the activities of the notary;

2) to explain to citizens and legal entities their rights and obligations, and to warn them about the consequences of notarial acts, so that legal ignorance cannot be used to their detriment.;

3) to keep secret information that has become known to him in connection with the exercise of his professional activity;

3-1) timely enter information on notarial acts performed and other information provided for by this Law into the unified notarial digital system.;

3-2) comply with the requirements of the digital legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan when working with the unified notarial digital system;

4) to refuse to perform a notarial act in case of its non-compliance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

5) observe professional ethics;

6) submit complaints about their actions to the judicial authorities and (or) the notary chamber, information about the performed notarial act, other documents, and, if necessary, personal explanations, including on issues of non-compliance with the requirements of professional ethics.;

7) transfer the documents in production to another notary in case of suspension of his license in accordance with the procedure provided for by the Rules;

7-1) to hand over the seal to the territorial body of justice for the period of suspension of the license, in case of termination of the license – to the territorial notary chamber;

8) transfer all notarial documents in custody to a private notarial archive in cases of termination of its license on the grounds provided for in paragraphs 1), 2), 4), 4-1) and 6) paragraph 1 of Article 12 of this Law;

9) to provide, within a month, information on the change of his surname, first name, patronymic and location of his premises to the territorial body of justice;

10) notify the territorial body of justice and the notary chamber within five working days in case of failure to carry out notarial activities within one month.;

10) submit information on transactions and contracts of individuals to the state revenue authorities in the form, in the manner and within the time limits determined by the tax legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan. At the same time, the presentation of the specified information does not constitute disclosure of the secret of notarial actions.

11) to improve professional qualifications.

2. Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 02/15/2021 No. 5-VII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication). 3. Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 02/15/2021 No. 5-VII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

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

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