LEGAL BASIS OF DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF NOTARY IN PERFORMING TASKS

A notary is a person entrusted by law to produce authentic written evidence. Notary is a position that was born on the basis of the needs of the legal community for a legal certainty which is maintained and will not change its own recording because someone guarantees the existence of a good record. In Indonesia itself there are many things where the need for a notary is a necessity which is not recognized by the public, so many problems can actually be solved if there is a notary at the event. Researchers feel there is a need to explore the law that underlies the functions and duties of a notary. Researchers in this writing use the method of literature study by using laws, books, and journals as the main data. For secondary data researchers use other relevant data. A notary has a very strong and renewed legal basis so that in carrying out his position he can function properly. Initially, a notary had a legal basis under Law No. 30 of 2004 to carry out his duties, then the law was updated with Law No. 2 of 2014. In addition, in carrying out his position, a notary is also regulated by the Notary's Code of Ethics.