Article 6. Notary public in the Republic of Kazakhstan the Notary Law

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1. A notary may be a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan who has reached the age of twenty-five, has a higher legal education, at least two years of work experience in the legal profession, has completed an internship with a notary for at least one year, has been certified and has received a license to engage in notarial activities, unless otherwise provided by this Law.

A notary public is an administrative civil servant who holds a position in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on civil service.

The requirements specified in the first part of this article apply to a notary public, with the exception of obtaining a license for the right to engage in notarial activities.

1-1. A notary may not be a person who has a criminal record that has not been extinguished or removed in accordance with the procedure established by law, and who has been recognized as legally incompetent or with limited legal capacity in accordance with the established procedure.

A notary may also not be a person:

released from criminal liability on the basis of paragraphs 3), 4), 9), 10) and 12) the first part of Article 35 or Article 36 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, within three years after the occurrence of such events;

dismissed for negative reasons from government, military service, prosecutor's offices, other law enforcement agencies, special state bodies, as well as dismissed from the post of judge for negative reasons, within one year from the date of dismissal (release), with the exception of a judge who terminated his powers on the basis of a decision of the Commission on the Quality of Justice under the Supreme Court of the Republic Kazakhstan on the inconsistency of a judge in his position due to professional unfitness;

who committed an administrative corruption offense, within three years after the occurrence of such events;

dismissed from the position of a notary public for violations of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan when performing a notarial act;

deprived of a license for the right to engage in notarial activity, with the exception of persons deprived of a license on the grounds provided for in subparagraphs 2), 5) and 8) of Article 11 of this Law, who have the right to reapply for notarial activity after three years from the date of entry into force of a judicial act.;

excluded from the register of members of the Chamber of Legal Advisers or whose membership in the bar association was terminated for negative reasons, if less than three years have passed since the date of exclusion.

2. Private and public notaries have equal rights and duties in carrying out notarial activities. The documents issued by them have the same legal force.

3. The commission of notarial acts by persons who do not have a license provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article (with the exception of the notary public and the persons specified in subparagraphs 2), 3) paragraph 2 of Article 1 of this Law), or in violation of other requirements of the legislation on the notary and income from these actions entail liability in accordance with the laws Of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

4. The territorial body of justice shall bear the property responsibility for notarial acts of a public notary.

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

The article was amended and supplemented by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated July 8, 2026, No. 343-VIII SAM

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