Notaries’activities during the war: Ukrainian experience
Notaries’activities during the war: Ukrainian experience

Summary/Abstract: During wartime, notaries face a number of complex legal and organisational challenges thatrequire the adaptation of traditional procedures and approaches to the changed conditions ofwartime. This study focuses on ensuring the availability of notarial protection during war-time and the need to develop a legal framework for a regulatory response to challenges thatrequire new approaches and solutions.This article examines the issues of access to notarialservices and preservation of confidentiality of documents during war and armed conflicts. Inparticular, the author examines the difficulties faced by notaries in preserving documents, aswell as the security issues of the notary and his/her clients. The author analyses the practiceof law enforcement and changes in the regulatory framework in the field of notary duringthe military operations in Ukraine. The author analyses the right of military personnel, rank-and-file and senior civil defence officers, employees of critical infrastructure facilities, civilservants, local self-government officials and police officers to a personal order under currentUkrainian legislation, which is an important tool for their social protection and support. Thisarticle focuses on the Ukrainian experience, but the knowledge gained in the course of theanalysis may be useful for other countries facing similar problems. The study reflects therelevance and importance of the problem of ensuring the functioning of the notary duringwartime and suggests ways to address these complex challenges.

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