Problems of Reforming the Notary System in Russia

The article analyses the most significant provisions of the draft federal law „On Notaries and Notarial activities», which are related to the expansion of the powers of the competent authorities in terms of state control over the activities of notaries. The author substantiates the redundancy of such a mechanism of state control of their activities. The argument is based on the provisions of the Law on Self-Regulatory Organisations, to which notary chambers are quite similar in nature. The question is raised about the need to correlate the degree of control over the activities of notaries and the bearing of financial responsibility for damage caused as a result of notarial acts.