Notary Services in the Digital Age

ABSTRACT: Notary is a millennia-old profession. Ever since writing appeared, the notary was the trustworthy person who provided counsel and ensured the just fulfillment of certain acts and procedures. By the authority he is invested with, he supplies legal services and guarantees legal security, by ensuring the order of law. However, in Romania, the profession of public notary is not only inflexible, but it seems to struggle to keep up with the new realities of our times. The digital revolution is manifested in all areas of our lives, in trend with the new generation, and the profession of public notary has no choice but to modernize by achieving new values. In an attempt to modernize and align with the new realities, the Ministry for Digitalization in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice elaborated the law for the electronic notary activity. This article aims to analyze the suggestions made within this law to verify if indeed, Romanian notary services, a notary of tradition, are extremely rigid and would accept modernization and truly enter the digital age. KEYWORDS: notary, digitalization, transition