Soon, the Newly Appointed Notaries shall perform the Role of Mediator

The seminar in Notary Mediation shall be held for the newly appointed notaries. The training was planned with the organization of Training Center of the Notary Chamber of Georgia and GIZ (German International Collaboration Society). The seminar shall be conducted by German experts, Mr. Stefan Schmidt and Ms. Babeta Werman.

The Notaries have been awarded the role of mediator since 2013. The Notary Mediation is a simplified form for settling the civil (family, inheritance, neighborhood ...) disputes. The Mediator Notaries are also actively involved to simplify the process of land registration within the framework of the Law of Georgia “On Special Rule of System and Sporadic Registration of Rights on Land Plots within State Project and Improvement of Cadastral Data”. The citizens can apply for mediator notaries for disputes resolution arising during the registration of property ownership. The notary service is free of charge and considerably simplifies the dispute settlement procedures for the parties. At this stage 21 processes of notary mediation have already been completed with agreement between the parties.

Advantages of Notary Mediation
Solving of disputes simply and cheaply – the disputing parties shall have no more to apply to the court, just go to any mediator notary and save time.

Mediation is voluntary and not compulsory process –for solving the dispute, the conflicting parties apply to the notary at their own will; No one forces them to sit and negotiate at the round table; 
All parties are equal during the mediation– A mediator - notary, as an impartial, objective advisor shall equally protect the interests of each party and assist them to reach an agreement;

Confidentiality – the notary has no right to divulge the information known to him/her in the mediation process; 

The conflict ends when ending the mediation– the notary mediation is not only the guarantee of agreement, but reconciliation as well;

Following the resolution of dispute the notary draws up an act of agreement and attests it in notary order. Duties and obligations of each party are defined by the said document. Failing to fulfill the obligations provided for by the Act of Agreement, the notary shall issue an order of enforcement for which it is no longer necessary to apply to the court.  

Despite the notary mediation, certification of the signature of the parties to the transaction by a notary will be free of charge for the citizens within the named Law.