Based on applications from natural persons, legal persons, or other organizations, notarial agencies shall perform notarial acts for the following notarial matters:

(1) Contracts;

(2) Inheritance;

(3) Authorization, declarations, bestowal, wills;

(4) Distribution of property;

(5) Tendering and auctioning;

(6) Marital status, kinship, and adoption relationships;

(7) Birth, existence, death, identity, experience, education, degrees, positions, titles, and criminal records;

(8) Articles of associations;

(9) Preservation of evidence;

(10) The signature, seal, and date on documents, and copies or photocopies of the documents are consistent with the original;

(11) Other notarial matters voluntarily applied for by natural persons, legal persons, or other organizations.

For matters that shall be notarized as required by laws and administrative regulations, the relevant natural persons, legal persons, or other organizations shall apply to a notary agency for notarization.

[Excerpt from Article 11 of the Notarization Law of the People’s Republic of China. For detailed procedures, please refer to the Rules on Notarization Procedures on the official website of the Ministry of Justice.]

Tips

If you need notarization services, you may initiate an online notarization application in the Notarization module of the China Legal Services Network, or you may search for an offline notary office in your city and go there for the due procedures.

China Legal Services Network

http://www.12348.gov.cn/#/publicies/notarization/notarization