The “Notary Public” term refers to those who are accredited, authorized, or licensed by the Judicial Department to attest and notarize customary documents and to practice all functions specified under the Law. The term covers the Notary Public and the Private Notary, as well as the Government Notary, who is authorized by the Judicial Department to carry out notarial acts within the jurisdiction of his/ her department, either for the interest of the public or in service of the employees.

The Notary Public has the competence to notarize documents and records as required by the law or as requested by a concerned party, authenticate signatures of concerned parties – at their request, and verify the date of customary documents. Besides, he is in charge of attesting and notarizing all declarations and affirmations, and  affixing the executive wording on any attested documents, according to the provisions of the law.  Documents to be notarised must not be in contravention with the law or the public order, and must not fall under the notary prohibitions, or under any other local jurisdiction, as prescribed in Article No. (1) of  the Law No. (11) of 2017 concerning the Notary Public in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

The Notary Public has branches throughout the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and there are distributed according to population and the distance between branches.

Overview of the Notary Public E-Kiosk Services:

The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) seeks to develop notarial services up to global quality standards based on speed of completion and easiness of procedures. Indeed, the ADJD has placed among its strategic priorities the provision of those services electronically in order to facilitate the service for customers.

For this reason, the Judicial Department has launched the e-Kiosk for notarial services in order to upgrade the notary public services and digitalise the processes to enhance the effectiveness and sustainability of judicial procedures and ensure permanent access to notarial services.

This e-platform provides 47 approved forms of commonly used transactions. The said forms are automatically approved by the system without prior review and the possibility of selecting POA items.

The e-Kiosk is electronically connected to some relevant parties in order to complete the personal data of the parties or transactions. The platform is equipped with an ID card reader to download the parties’ data automatically from the population register, as well as the commercial license data.

The e-Kiosk aims to facilitate the notary public services and contribute to the provision of various service channels in terms of notarial services.

E-Kiosk Main Features and Conditions of Use:

  • The ID card is required to use the e-Kiosk.
  • Existence of 47 approved forms for notarial transactions.
  • Shortens the time required to complete the transaction.
  • The e-Kiosk must be used by the parties in person and not their representatives.
  • Requires compliance and acceptance of the form.