The article is devoted to the study of the legal framework for the organisation and functioning of modern world notary systems, specific characteristics of the Latin notary system, and the peculiarities of the rules for regulating these features in Ukrainian notary legislation. It is concluded that the determining criteria for the division of modern world notary systems are the dominance of a particular legal system in a particular country of the world and the importance of notarised documents in the legal circulation of such a country. The author outlines the defining characteristics of the systems of Anglo-Saxon and Latin notaries and provides their comparative characteristics. The features of the reproduction in Ukrainian notarial legislation of such constitutive features of Latin notarial system as the official and evidentiary value of notarized documents, the definition of the status of a private notary as an official or a person of public authority, the limitation of the number of notary positions in a notarial district, the standardization of the amount of payment for performing notarial acts, the establishment of a system of guarantees of the legality of notarial activities, the independence and impartiality of the notary, the role and significance of the system of notarial self-government are determined. The author substantiates that the status of private and public notaries is the same in terms of their performance of public functions, a private notary has a dual status as an official and a person of a free legal profession at the same time, and it is extremely necessary to ensure the system of guarantees of the legality of notarial activities to regulate the amount of payment for notarial acts and establish rules for quota of notary positions in notary districts. It is noted that the possibility of compensation for damage caused by illegal or negligent actions of a notary is one of the guarantees of notarial activity and it is the notary who should be a defendant in such claims. The article highlights the problematic aspects of the organisation and functioning of notary bodies in Ukraine and, taking them into account, formulates proposals for trends in the notary legislation of Ukraine.
V.V. Barankova (Mon,) studied this question.