Notarial Reform in the Digital Age
Addressing Legal Certainty and Document Authenticity
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Within the ongoing digital transformation of legal services, the notarial profession in Indonesia faces a fundamental tension between statutory formalism and emerging technological practice. This study examines the legal uncertainty arising from the partial recognition of cyber notary functions, where notarial authority is acknowledged in principle but remains procedurally constrained by requirements of physical presence and manual authentication. The analysis focuses on whether Indonesia’s current legal framework, specifically the Law on Notary Position (UUJN-P), the Limited Liability Company Law (UUPT), the Electronic Information and Transactions Law (ITE Law), and Financial Services Authority (OJK) Regulations No. 15/2020 and No. 16/2020provides a coherent and sufficient basis for digitally mediated notarial acts. Employing a normative juridical and descriptive-analytical approach, this study examines statutory provisions and regulatory practices governing electronic transactions and remote corporate governance. The findings reveal a regulatory paradox in which cyber notary authority operates within a hybrid legal model that lacks full legal certainty due to fragmented regulation and inconsistent procedural standards. This article contributes conceptually by framing Indonesia’s cyber notary not merely as a technological extension of traditional practice, but as a distinct legal construct. It argues for the legal notions of presence, authenticity, and evidentiary force as a necessary step toward regulation harmonization and the continued relevance of the notarial profession in the digital era.
Keywords: Cyber notary, Legal certainty, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Notarial authority, Regulatory reform.
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