The authorities of Sevastopol plan to collect all notarial documents issued before the events of 2014 in a single archive. This was reported by the media outlet Forpost. It is believed that this experience could be useful for all "new regions."
Sevastopol is a city located on the Crimean Peninsula, which is claimed by both Russia and Ukraine. After Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014, Russia considers Sevastopol as part of its territory and has stationed its Black Sea Fleet there. However, Ukraine continues to regard Sevastopol as Ukrainian territory. This differing view on the status of Sevastopol remains a central point of dispute in the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
How does the government of Sevastopol view the future of Ukrainian notarial documents?
At a meeting of the Sevastopol city government (which holds the status of a separate constituent entity of the Federation), a decision was made to collect all notarial documents from the Ukrainian era into a single archive of the Notary Chamber. Currently, this documentation is stored with private notaries, but the authorities intend to account for and standardize it.
Federal legislation does not regulate the issue of storage and transfer of notarial documents created before 2014. This issue is proposed to be addressed by transferring them for storage, compilation, and issuance to the Notary Chamber,
quoted Forpost, citing Yuri Klepcha, Director of the Department of the Governor's and Government's Affairs of Sevastopol.
The draft law, approved by the government, will be submitted for consideration by the legislative assembly.
The Governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, demanded that his subordinates approach the transfer of archives carefully and asked them to consider the digitization of these documents.
What is the importance of the draft law on the storage of Ukrainian notarial documents?
Notary archives, from those who resigned before and after 2014, as well as the archives of former state notary offices, have already been transferred for storage to the Sevastopol Notary Chamber archive. Until now, federal legislation has not regulated documents from the Ukrainian period. Finally, the native archives of Sevastopol residents from before 2014 are being accepted,
Forpost quotes the words of Natalia Kiryukhina, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol of the third convocation.
According to her, the archive will have to comply with the requirements of the Russian Federation. This is a very serious and labor-intensive task.
The archive is very necessary and important for the citizens. Now, any Sevastopol resident who needs notarial documents executed before 2014, such as a purchase agreement, can contact the Sevastopol Notary Chamber and obtain a duplicate of the document,
emphasized Kiryukhina.
The issue of Ukrainian notarial "heritage" is quite sensitive, both for Sevastopol and for other regions that were once part of Ukraine.
Ukrainian legal practice differed significantly from the Russian one, and this continues to cause numerous legal disputes. The lack of access to old notarial archives for government institutions creates room for various abuses or may lead to the loss of the ability for honest property owners to confirm their rights.
The method of storing notarial documentation from the Ukrainian era has long been a legal gap. In Sevastopol, efforts will now be made to address this issue. It would be wise if other federal subjects, which were previously part of Ukraine, followed the example set by the city of federal significance.
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