The Notary Chamber of Georgia has new Board

Three members of the Board were elected at the extraordinary meeting of the members of the Notary Chamber.

The Board of the Notary Chamber consists of the chairman, deputy chairman and 5 members. The notaries elected the chairman, deputy chairman and two members on June 17.

The General Meeting of the Notary Chamber elects the Board for 3 year term. The Notary Chamber of Georgia will be led by the Chairman Ms. Marika Gogoladze, Deputy Chairperson Ms. Tinatin Devdariani and the members: Ms. Khatuna Kalandarishvili, Ms. Manana Gogashvili, Ms. Megi Magaldadze, Mr. Giorgi Chitashvili and Mr. Merab Parjikia for three years.

By the initiative of the Minister of Justice, the Notary Chamber has been given the opportunity for the second time to independently elect the chairman. Despite the fact that the Law “On Notary” allows the Minister of Justice to select a candidate of the chairman and nominate him/her to the General Meeting of Notaries, Ms. Tea Tsulukiani refused to solely nominate the candidate as in 2014 and provided that possibility to the notaries to independently elect the Chairman of the Board. As a result of electronic primaries, the notaries gave priority to Ms. Marika Gogoladze for the position of the Chairman of the Chamber. The Minister of Justice presented her to the Meeting for approval.

Any notary was able to present his/her own candidacy if he/she presented his/her own vision of the agency development and gained the support for colleagues. 7 candidates expressed their desire for the chairmanship. The best notaries among them were identified by electronic system of voting, which was developed by LEPL “Data Exchange Agency” specially for the election of the Chairman of the Notary Chamber.

Important reforms were implemented in the Georgian Notary system in recent years. The electronic services were improved; the notary services became available in almost all areas of Georgia; notary Mediation has been introduced, mediator notaries have been actively engaged in simplification of land registration process and the citizens have a possibility to settle the dispute on the agricultural lands with the assistance of the notaries free of charge;

European standards have been introduced in the legislation. The International Union of Notaries noted the success of Georgian colleagues at the General Meeting of the Council held this year in Tbilisi and nominated the Notary Chamber of Georgia as one of the active members of the Union.

Notary reform will continue with the same success in the future. The development of Electronic governance and introduction of the recent standards of service are planned.