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CONCEPT AND MODELS OF NOTARIAL SYSTEM IN THE LAW OF RUSSIA, FRANCE, SPAIN, AND ENGLAND

E.V. VERSHININA,
Associate Professor,
Department of International Private and Civil Law named after S.N. Lebedev,
MGIMO University

D.V. KONOVALOV,
Postgraduate Student,
Department of International Private and Civil Law named after S.N. Lebedev,
MGIMO University

M.Yu. ZELENTSOVA,
Bachelor of Law with Knowledge of Foreign Languages,
MGIMO University

A.O. ODRINSKY,
Master of Law with Knowledge of a Foreign Language,
MGIMO University

https://doi.org/10.24031/2226-0781-2021-11-3-153-190

This article presents a specific analysis of the legal concept of notarial system and the models
thereof in Russia, France, Spain and England. Even though the issues of the concept and models
of notarial systems have been repeatedly raised in legal doctrine, the consensus has not been
reached yet. The authors of the article carry out a comparative legal analysis of the concept
of notarial systems and the models thereof in Russia, France, Spain and England in order to
identify the existing similarities and differences in the legal regulation of notarial systems.

Keywords: notarial system; models of notarial system; notary public; notarial act; notarial
procedures.

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Information about the author

E.V. Vershinina (Moscow, Russia) – Associate Professor, Department of International
Private and Civil Law named after S.N. Lebedev, MGIMO University (76 Vernadskogo
Av., Moscow, 119454, Russia; e-mail: [email protected]).

D.V. Konovalov (Moscow, Russia) – Postgraduate Student, Department of International
Private and Civil Law named after S.N. Lebedev, MGIMO University (76 Vernadskogo
Av., Moscow, 119454, Russia; e-mail: [email protected]).

M.Yu. Zelentsova (Moscow, Russia) – Bachelor of Law with Knowledge of Foreign
Languages, MGIMO University (76 Vernadskogo Av., Moscow, 119454, Russia; e-mail:

A.O. Odrinsky (Moscow, Russia) – Master of Law with Knowledge of a Foreign
Language, MGIMO University (76 Vernadskogo Av., Moscow, 119454, Russia; e-mail:

Recommended citation

Vershinina E.V., Konovalov D.V., Zelentsova M.Yu., Odrinsky A.O. Poniatie i modeli
notariata v prave Rossii, Frantsii, Ispanii i Anglii [Concept and Models of Notarial System
in the Law of Russia, France, Spain, and England]. Vestnik grazhdanskogo protsessa
– Herald of Civil Procedure, 2021, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 153–190. (In Russ.) https://doi.
org/10.24031/2226-0781-2021-11-3-153-190

E.V. VERSHININA, D.V. KONOVALOV, M.Yu. ZELENTSOVA, A.O. ODRINSKY