Today, Thursday, January 14, the Ministry of Justice officially begins implementing the new notarization system, which was approved by the Council of Ministers. The system comprises 57 articles in 5 chapters that regulate notarization work in the Kingdom to ensure accuracy, improve efficiency, and enhance the quality of outputs.

Minister of Justice Dr. Walid bin Muhammad Al-Samaani explained that the system will strengthen real estate security and enhance the efficiency of notarial services as well as the reliability of documents issued by those authorized to conduct the process—whether they are notaries public, licensed notaries, or authorized notaries— It will outline the necessary qualifications they must meet, define their jurisdictions and work procedures, and provide for oversight of their outputs.

It is worth noting that the notarization system includes numerous jurisdictions for notaries, including some new jurisdictions that have been transferred from the courts to notary offices, such as the notarization of contracts and declarations, and the division of joint assets —including real estate—if there is no dispute, the registration of real estate title deeds for which all legal and regulatory procedures have been completed, as well as the notarization of marriages where one party is non-Saudi and the other is Saudi, as well as divorce and the notarization of agreements between the parties regarding custody, alimony, visitation, reconciliation, and other matters. This helps ensure that the judiciary is not burdened with tasks that do not involve a dispute.