Legal Consequences of a Notarial Deed That Is Legally Proven To Have Been Forged By the Notary

A notary is a public official who has the authority to make authentic deeds. As a public official, in carrying out his office, a Notary must act in a trustworthy, honest, thorough, independent, impartial manner and safeguard the interests of parties involved in legal actions, however, in practice it cannot be denied that a Notary in carrying out his office commits acts that violate statutory regulations. - invitations such as falsifying authentic deeds, so that the consequences of the Notary's actions cause losses to the Notary's clients. Therefore, notary clients who suffer losses must be given legal protection. This research aims to analyze the legal consequences of notarial deeds which are legally proven to have been forged by the notary and to analyze the legal protection of notary clients who suffer losses due to the forgery of authentic deeds by the notary. This research uses normative legal research methods with a statutory regulation approach. Based on the results of the research, it can be concluded that the legal consequences of an authentic deed which has been legally proven to be forged by a Notary, becomes null and void or invalid as decided in court and civil legal protection for Notary clients who suffer losses due to forgery of an authentic deed can file a lawsuit in court. on the basis of Unlawful Acts contained in Article 1365 of the Civil Code.