Postupak sačinjavanja javnobeležničkog zaveštanja

Abstract

With the reaffirmation of the institution of notary public, notarial will is introduced into Serbian law as a new testamentary form, which creation is in the competence of notaries. By nature, it is a public testament made according to the procedure for making a notarial record. As the basic role of public notaries is to instruct the parties and prevent possible disputes among participants in legal transactions, as well as to guarantee reliability of the documents they draw up and thus contribute to legal security, compliance with the legally prescribed procedure for compiling a notarized will is a prerequisite for the exercise of all functions of notarial form. Due to the importance of the procedure for compiling a notarial record in which form a notarial will is also made, the subject of analyze will be the notarial procedure, as such, and the phases of its execution, both in comparative and in Serbian law.