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Assembly of the Chamber of Notaries is a supreme body of the Chamber of Notaries. The Assembly convenes at least twice a year, summoned by the Board (Presidium) of Chamber of Notaries. The Assembly is acknowledged legitimate if more than half of members of the Chamber participate.
(Statute of Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries, Article 13)
The Competence of the Assembly of Chamber of Notaries:
1) accepts the Statute of Chamber of Notaries, amends and appends it;
2) determines the policies of Chamber of Notaries;
3) shall appoint (elect) members of the Presidium of the Chamber of Notaries;
4) shall appoint (elect) the President;
5) shall appoint (elect) the Vice-President;
6) shall appoint (elect) and remove from office members of the Audit Commission of the Chamber of Notaries;
7) shall appoint (elect) and remove from office two members of the Court of Honour of Notaries;
8) shall approve, amend, and supplement the Code of Ethics (Honour) of Notaries of the Republic of Lithuania;
9) shall approve the annual performance report of the Chamber of Notaries and the annual income and expenditure statement of the Chamber of Notaries;
10) shall establish the amount and payment procedure of membership fees and other special purpose payments collected from notaries for carrying out the tasks and functions of the Chamber of Notaries;
11) shall approve the procedure of reimbursement of expenses incurred due to activities in the Chamber of Notaries by members of the Presidium, President, Vice-President, members of the Commissions of the Chamber of Notaries, and notaries assigned the functions of the Chamber of Notaries, the Regulations of Benefits for Notaries, the Rules of Procedure of the Audit Commission of the Chamber of Notaries and other documents;
12) shall make decisions on the membership in international or other organisations, establishment of other legal persons or participation in other legal persons;
13) shall consider other issues, if they are not assigned to the powers of other bodies of the Chamber of Notaries and if they do not make up the functions of other bodies by their substance.
(Statute of Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries, Article 12)
Board of Lithuanian Chamber of notaries (Photo by O. Posaškova and M. Ambrazas)
1. Board (or Presidium) is a collegial management body of the Chamber of Notaries. The Board consists of eight members, elected and appointed by the Assembly of members of the Chamber of Notaries for the four-year term of office.
2. Members of the Board cannot at the same time be members of the Court of Honour, the Audit Commission or other commissions formed by the Presidium.
(Statute of Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries, Article 17)
Powers of the Presidium
The Presidium:
1) shall ensure a proper performance of the functions of the Chamber of Notaries;
2) shall ensure the performance of resolutions of the Chamber of Notaries;
3) shall manage, use and have in its disposition the assets of the Chamber of Notaries not exceeding the estimate of income and expenditure approved by the meeting of the Chamber of Notaries;
4) shall pass resolutions regarding transactions;
5) shall make recommendations to the meeting of the Chamber of Notaries on the amounts of membership fees and other special purpose payments to the Chamber of Notaries to ensure an effective functioning of the Chamber of Notaries;
6) shall hear reports on completed work of the commissions of the Chamber of Notaries;
7) shall approve the Rules of Procedure of the Presidium of the Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries;
8) shall hire (dismiss) employees of the Chamber of Notaries;
9) shall approve job descriptions of employees of the Chamber of Notaries;
10) shall approve the Rules of Procedure of the administration of the Chamber of Notaries, the number of its employees, functions and salaries thereof;
11) shall perform other functions set forth in the Republic of Lithuania Law on the Notariat and this Statute, if they are not assigned to the powers of the meeting and the President of the Chamber of Notaries.
(Statute of Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries, Article 19)
The Board of the Chamber of Notaries, appointed on September 19, 2020 at the Assembly of members of the Chamber of Notaries:
President Marius Stračkaitis, tel.: +370 46 312 671
Vice President Daiva Lukaševičiūtė-Binkulienė, tel.: +370 5 231 4683
Dainius Palaima, member of Board, tel.: +370 5 262 5694
Svajonė Šaltauskienė, member of Board, tel.: +370 5 243 0355
Jurgita Doržinkevičienė, member of Board, tel.: +370 8 460 51 600
Rasa Ona Inokaitienė, member of Board, tel.: +370 37 222 434
Asta Grambienė, member of Board, tel.: +370 8 459 54 009
Daiva Verpetinskienė, member of Board, tel.: +370 422 53 815
The President shall represent the Chamber of Notaries, ensure the execution of resolutions of meetings of the Chamber of Notaries and of the Presidium, chair meetings of the Chamber of Notaries and sittings of the Presidium, submit an annual performance report, annual estimate of income and expenditure and income and expenditure statement of the Chamber of Notaries to the general meeting of the Chamber of Notaries, manage the administration personnel of the Chamber of Notaries, perform other functions assigned by the Rules of Procedure of the Chamber of Notaries.
(Statute of Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries, Article 26)
Photo by O. Posaškova and M. Ambrazas
Marius Stračkaitis
President of Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries
• 1990 - finished Klaipeda K. Donelaitis secondary school.
• 1995 - graduated from Faculty of Law at Vilnius University, gained a qualification of lawyer.
• 1993 - 1995 – worked as a notary assistant for Klaipeda Notary Bureau No.1.
• 1995 - 1999 – was a notary candidate (assessor).
• 1995 - 2003 – taught Law disciplines at Klaipeda University.
• 1999 – passed the notary qualification examination and was appointed as notary by the Minister of Justice.
• Since 1999 until present - notary and manager of the Klaipeda Notary Bureau No.1.
• 2002 - 2006 - Member of the Presidium of the Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries.
• Since 2005 - Member of the committee of the public competition for occupying the notary’s position.
• 2006 - 2008 - Vice-president of the Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries.
• 2006 - 2014 - Member of European Affairs Committee (CAE) of Union of International Notarial Union (UINL).
• Since 2008 until present - President of the Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries.
• 2009 - 2011 - Member of Mykolas Romeris University Council. • Since 2009 - Member of the Supervisory Committee of the Civil Code of the Republic of Lithuania.
• Since 2011 - information supplier for the World Bank's international research "Doing business".
• Since 2012 – Vice-president of the International Institute of Notarial History (IIHN).
• Since 2013 - Member of the Council of the Klaipeda Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Crafts.
• Since 2013 - Member of a permanent working group coordinating activities for prevention of terrorist financing and money laundering, which is formed by the order of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania.
• Since 2014 - Member of the General Council of the International Union of Notaries (UINL).
• Since 2015 - permanent contact person for provision of data for the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ).
• 2017-2022 - Member of the International Notarial Cooperation Commission of the International Union of Notaries.
• 2023 - Vice-president of the Council of Notariats of the European Union.
• 2024 - President of the Council of Notariats of the European Union.
• Member of working groups on drafting laws and other legal acts.
• Co-author of the book "The History of Lithuanian Notariat", publisher R. Paknis, 2012.
• Co-author of Chapter XI “Mortgage” to the fourth book of the commentary of the Civil Code of the Republic of Lithuania “Property law”, "Justitia", 2013.
• Co-author of the book "Notariate Law", publisher "Druka", 2014.
• Co-author of the book Notes of European Notaries on Comparative Law. European Institute of Research and Notarial Studies I.R.E.N.E.). 2014, Vol. I.
• Co-author of the international journal of notarial history "Gnomon" Nr. 184, 2015.
• Co-author of journal "Петербургский нотариус", 2 (14) 2017, Russia.
• Co-author of journal "Ad-notam", 2016, Czech Republic.
• Co-author of journal "Notar-z.si/notarski-vestnik", 2017, Slovenia
• Co-author of journal "Нотаріат України", 4 (27) 2017, Ukraine.
• Co-author of “Law of Succession”, publisher: Versus, 2018.
• Co-author of journal "BNotK international", 1/2021, Germany.
• Co-author of newspaper „Нотариус», No 3 (3) 2021, Uzbekistan.
• Co-author of journal "Notary bulletin", 2022, Kazakhstan.
• Co-author of Electronic publication “The European minute” of French notariat, Jully 2022, France
• Author and co-author of various articles.
Conference presentations:
• 2005-05-04, presentations ‘The structure of the notariat in Lithuania’ and ‘Interaction of notaries with registries in the Republic of Lithuania’; International seminar ‘Difficulties of Latin notariat in Eastern Europe countries’; Saint Petersburg, Russia.
• 2007-05-30, presentation ‘Executive record of the notary: theory and practice’; International conference ‘Bill of exchange: from signing to execution’; Vilnius, Lithuania.
• 2011-05-11, presentation ‘Problems of determination of capacity in notary’s practice’; Conference ‘Problems of determination of a person’s legal capacity’; Vilnius, Lithuania.
• 2011-10-06, presentation ‘Application of information technologies in the work of the notary of the Republic of Lithuania’; International seminar on application of information technologies; Kazan, Russia.
• 2011-12-09, presentation ‘Issues and experience of ten-year application of the Civil Code in notarial practice’; Conference ‘Ten years with the Civil Code’; Vilnius, Lithuania.
• 2012-05-11, presentation ‘The regulation of the notary’s professional activity’; Annual conference and discussion ‘Regulation of professional activities of the legal professions – the bar, the notariat and bailiffs’; Vilnius, Lithuania.
• 2012-05-15, presentation ‘Application of information technologies in the work of the notary in Lithuania’; International seminar on questions regarding interaction of electronic registries; Smolensk, Russia.
• 2012-06-28, presentation ‘Application of information technologies in the work of the notary of the Republic of Lithuania’; International scientific-practical conference ‘The notariat of Kazakhstan: status, stages and prospects of development’; Astana, Kazakhstan.
• 2012-09-10, presentation ‘The role of a notary in the family law of Lithuania’; Baltic Council of Notaries in Tallinn, Estonia.
• 2012-12-01, presentation ‘The future of the Lithuanian notariat – progress and improvement’; International conference ‘Law. Responsibility. Reliability’, dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Law on the Notariat of Republic of Lithuania; Vilnius, Lithuania.
• 2013-05-22, presentation ‘Common sales law of Europe: the notary’s view’; Conference ‘Common contract law of Europe: practical benefits to merchants and consumers’; Vilnius, Lithuania.
• 2013-09-20, presentation ‘The reform of mortgage and pledge law in Lithuania, its positive impact on the country, society and business’; International conference, dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Latvian notariat ‘Ex-post impact assessment of decisions of the Parliaments of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia’; Riga, Latvia.
• 2013-11-08, presentation ‘Notariat – is a tool ensuring the financial security of the state’; International conference for Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union; Vilnius, Lithuania.
• 2014-05-09, presentation ‘Legislative initiatives of the last year focused on increase of transparency level of state finances and strengthening of the role of notaries in assurance of security of state finances’; The 5th legal congress of the Lithuanian Bar Association; Vilnius, Lithuania.
• 2014-05-15, presentations ‘Types of legal regulation with regard to property of spouses in Lithuania’, ‘Legal regulation of artificial insemination and surrogate motherhood in Lithuania’; Astana, Kazakhstan.
• 2014-05-21, presentation ‘The system of assignment of ownership for real estate of the Republic of Lithuania’; Conference ‘Informatization of justice’; Warsaw, Poland.
• 2014-05-22, presentation ‘Future of Lithuanian notariat – progress and improvement’; Conference ‘Notarial acts – experiences of Lithuania and Poland’; Wigry, Sejny.
• 2014-09-12/13, presentations ‘Ethics of the notary’s professional activities in Lithuania’, ‘Notaries and state registries’, ‘Principles and program of qualification improvement of notaries’; International conference ‘Notaries on the service of modern society’; Tbilisi, Georgia.
• 2014-10-20, presentation ‘The Lithuanian notariat – a bridge between West and East’; International conference ‘10th anniversary of Lithuania in the European Union. Lithuanian notariat – a bridge between west and east’; Vilnius, Lithuania.
• 2014-10-31, presentation ‘The system of professional ethics and qualification improvement in the Republic of Lithuania and the use of information technologies in a notary’s work in the Republic of Lithuania’; Seminar – discussion about challenges and tendencies in development of modern notary system; Yerevan, Armenia.
• 2014-11-28, presentation ‘The role of a notary in corporate law’; Conference ‘Corporate law: status quo, challenges and perspectives’; Vilnius, Lithuania.
• 2014-12-09, presentation ‘The system of qualification improvement of the notaries’; The International conference ‘Tendencies of strategic development of Latin notariat in Europe. Problems and perspectives’; Kyiv, Ukraine.
• 2015-05-15, presentations ‘Application of information technologies in the work of notaries of Lithuania’; International conference ‘Tasks and functions of notariat at the current stage of society development’; Minsk, Belarus.
• 2015-08-21, presentation ‘The system of qualification improvement of the notaries in Lithuania’; International seminar; Almaty, Kazakhstan.
• 2015-09-18, presentation ‘Legal developments and innovations of Lithuanian notariat’. Meeting of Baltic Council of Notaries; Tallinn, Estonia.
• 2016-04-07, presentations ‘Civil liability and lost income insurance of notaries in Lithuania’, ‘Information technologies in a notary’s work in Lithuania’, ‘Application of information technologies in the work of notaries of Lithuania’; Scientific-practical conference ‘The national and international standards of development of notarial profession: tendencies and development perspectives’; Kyiv, Ukraine.
• 2016-06-11, presentation ‘The role of a notary in guaranteeing the protection of vulnerable persons in transactions’; Conference ‘Social role of notariat’ on the 20th anniversary of the Georgian notariat; Tbilisi, Georgia.
• 2016-09-15, presentation ‘Perspectives of the notariat of Lithuania’; Baltic Council of Notaries; Riga, Latvia.
• 2016-12-02, presentation ‘Actualities of the Lithuanian notariat’; International conference ‘450th anniversary of notarial profession in Lithuania’; Vilnius, Lithuania.
• 2017-03-24, presentation ‘Notarial functions regarding succession procedures in Republic of Lithuania’; Coordination and Methodological Council meeting; Saint Petersburg, Russia.
• 2017-06-08, presentation ‘Grounds ant types of professional liability of a notary. Issues regarding application of civil liability to notaries’; International conference ‘Non-judicial protection of the rights of individuals and legal entities: The current state and prospects for the development of notarial profession’; Minsk, Belarus.
• 2017-06-09, presentation ‘Professional ethics of notaries’; Round table discussion; Minsk, Belarus.
• 2017-06-14, presentation about the principles of the Latin notariat, reform of the notariat in Lithuania, compulsory notarial form of documents and functions of notaries; Round table discussion on the reform of the notariat of Ukraine; Kyiv, Ukraine.
• 2017-09-05, presentation ‘Prospects of notariat in Ukraine – Lithuania’s point of view’; International conference “Strategy of notariat development in Ukraine as a latin notariat”; Kyiv, Ukraine.
• 2017-12-02, presentation ‘25th anniversary of notarial reform in Lithuania’; Conference ‘25th anniversary of notarial reform in Lithuania’; Vilnius, Lithuania.
• 2017-12-13, presentation ‘Lithuanian experience in transition from the state-run notariat to Latin notariat’; Working meeting with the representatives of the Republic of Uzbekistan ‘Modernization, digitalization and self-government of notariat of the Republic of Uzbekistan’; Berlin, Germany.
• 2018-01-27, presentation on eNotaras system in Lithuania; Round table discussion about the systems of information technologies; Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
• 2018-06-01, presentation ‘Legal regime of property of spouses in Republic of Lithuania’; International practical seminar; Kaliningrad, Russia.
• 2018-08-30, presentation ‘The role of notaries of Lithuania in implementing the prevention of legalization of illegally obtained assets’; International Belarus-German seminar; Minsk, Belarus.
• 2018-09-07, presentation ‘The application of information technologies in the work of notaries of Lithuania and preparation of eNotaras system installation’; Conference ‘The strategy of development of the Latin type notariat in Ukraine’; Kyiv, Ukraine.
• 2018-11-07, presentation ‘A shift from state notarial system to private notariat’; Conference; Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
• 2019-03-29, presentation ‘Document approval by certificate (Apostille)’; International conference; Minsk, Belarus.
• 2019-06-14, presentation ‘The basic principles of the Latin notariat“; International conference “The principles of the Latin notarial system and the digitisation of the modern notarial system’; Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
• 2019-07-03, presentation ‘The financial independence of notaries, service pricing strategies, supervision and disciplinary liability of notaries’; Round table discussion; Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
• 2020-10-02, presentation about the news of Lithuanian notariat; Meeting of Baltic Council of Notaries (remotely); Vilnius, Lietuva.
• 2020-10-07, presentation “Peculiarities of notarization of family law contracts. Competence of notary regarding marriage and divorce”; International Web-Symposium of European and Asian Notaries (remote); Kiev (Ukraine).
• 2021-03-30, presentation “Remote notariat in Lithuania, its tools and preservation of the rule of law”; “Verslo žinios” remote annual conference of company law "Teisės PRO"; Vilnius, Lithuania.
• 2021-04-23, presentation “Remote notarization of notarial acts: how to maintain the reliability of civil law relations”; II International Legal Forum “Tashkent Law Spring”, round table “Electronic notary – a look into the future”; Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
• 2021-07-26, presentation “Remote notarial services in Lithuania”; joint seminar (remote) of the UINL CCNI and the Notarial Chamber of Uzbekistan „Digitization and remote services“.
• 2021-09-20, presentation “Insurance of notaries professional civil liability and loss of income in Lithuania”; joint seminar (remote) of the UINL CCNI and the Notarial Chamber of Azerbaidjan „Notarial liability, liability insurance, warranty funds“.
• 2021-09-30, presentation “Actualities of the Lithuanian notariate”; Meeting of Baltic Council of Notaries; Tallinn, Estonia.
• 2021-10-11, presentation “Anti-money laundering situation in Lithuania”; joint seminar (remote) of the UINL CCNI and the Notarial Chamber of Azerbaidjan „Money laundering prevention in notarial practice“.
• 2021-11-16, presentation “5 reasons to conclude a marriage contract”, Webinar of the Law Firm COBALT “Marriage Contract and its influence on the matrimonial property regime”.
• 2021-12-10, presentation “Remote notarization of notarial acts: how to maintain the reliability of civil law relations”; international conference “Notariat today”; Saint-Petersbourg, Russian Federation.
• 2022-06-21, presentation „Notarial executive inscriptions“; UINL CCNI international conference „Executive inscription. Procedure and enforcement“; Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
• 2022-06-22, presentation “Remote notarization of notarial acts in Lithuania”; International conference dedicated to the 25th anniversary of notariat of Kazakhstan”; Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
• 2022-07-14, presentations „Remote notarization of notarial acts“, „Notaries reports on transactions in the context of preventing money laundering“, „Management and storage of archival documents of notaries“; Meeting of representatives of the Ministry of Justice of Moldova and of the Chamber of Notaries of Moldova at the Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries; Vilnius, Lithuania.
• 2022-07-25, presentation „Remote notarization of notarial acts“, remote international conference of the Chamber of Notaries of Uzbekistan „Electronic notary: new opportunities and perspectives“.
• 2022-08-17, presentation „Ethics of professional activities of notaries in Lithuania: regulation and practice“; International conference “ The main aspects of the professional ethics of notaries”, organized by Notaries Chambers of Azerbaidjan, Germany and Lithuania; Baku, Azerbaidjan.
• 2022-08-18, presentation „Consumer rights protection institute in Lithuania: development, general aspects and specifics of concluding real estate purchase and sales contracts“; International conference, organized by Notaries Chambers of Azerbaidjan, Germany and Lithuania “ Protection of the rights of the acquirer of real estate“; Baku, Azerbaidjan.
• 2022-09-09, presentation “Actualities of the Lithuanian notariate”; Meeting of Baltic Council of Notaries; Riga, Latvia.
• 2023-02-23, presentation “New notarial functions ”; “Infolex PRO” conference of law professionals; Vilnius, Lithuania.
• 2023-02-28, presentation „Remote notarization of notarial acts“; Remote meeting of the Kyrgyzstan Chamber of Notaries and the Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries.
• 2023-03-23, presentation „Remote notarization of notarial acts in eNotary system“; Meeting of representatives of the National Council of the Order of Notaries of Morocco and the Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries; Vilnius, Lithuania.
• 2023-09-15, presentation „Recent developments of the Lithuanian notariat“; The 25th Anniversary Forum „Latin Notariat of the Republic of Moldova“.
• 2024-04-18, welcome speech; European Conference of Civil Law Notaries; Salzburg, Germany.
• 2024-09-05, welcome speech; 75th anniversary of the Chamber of Notaries of Koblenz; Koblenz, Germany.
• 2024-09-10, welcome speech; 14th Plenary Meeting of the UINL Asian Affairs Commission; Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
• 2024-09-13, welcome speech and presentation "Key elements of a strong notariat"; 2024 Conference of the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of Notariats of the European Union "Strengthening the Rule of Law and Notariat: Insights from European Union Members and Ukraine"; Vilnius, Lithuania.
• 2024-09-20, presentation "Actualities of the Lithuanian notariate"; Meeting of Baltic Council of Notaries; Tallinn, Estonia.
Vice president of the Chamber of Notaries Daiva Lukaševičiūtė-Binkulienė
1991 graduated cum laude from the Faculty of Law at Vilnius University and started working as notary at Vilnius 1st state notarial office.
Since December 1, 1992 works as notary at Vilnius city 2nd notarial bureau.
1999 -2005 - a member of the Board of the Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries.
2006-2008 - President of the Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries.
Since 2008 - Vice president of Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries.
Audit Commission of the Chamber of Notaries
Audit Commission of the Chamber of Notaries elected on October 5, 2024 at the Assembly of members of the Chamber of Notaries:
Danguolė Bieliūnaitė (Vilnius County),
Jurgita Liubamirskienė (Kaunas County),
Vita Jurkauskienė (Klaipėda County),
Gediminas Perminas (Šiauliai County),
Milda Milutienė (Panevėžys County).
Present composition of the Court of Honor of Notaries:
Mrs. Loreta Berenevičienė - notary of Telšiai district 4th notary bureau,
Mr. Ramūnas Birštonas - professor of Vilnius University Faculty of Law,
Mrs. Aldona Kundrotienė - notary of Klaipėda city 1th notary bureau,
Mr. Arnas Paliukėnas - lawyer, lecturer of Vilnius University Faculty of Law,
Mrs. Jolanta Rulienė - notary of Kaunas city 6 th notary bureau,
Mrs. Vaiva Staskonytė - Malcienė - notary of Vilnius city 1st notary bureau,
Mrs. Rita Šabanskienė - notary of Rokiškis district 1st notary bureau,
Mrs. Aldona Kundrotienė - notary of Klaipėda city 1th notary bureau.
Commission of Assessment of Notaries
Members of Commission of Assessment of Notaries:
Raimonda Jakutienė, notary of Vilnius, Chairman.
Jolanta Rulienė, notary of Kaunas, Deputy Chairman.
Nemira Barčauskienė, notary of Kelmė.
Aldona Kundrotienė, notary of Klaipėda.
Vita Jankovska, notary of Panevėžys.
Administration of the Chamber of Notaries
Contacts of Administration of Chamber of Notaries: Phone +370 5 261 4757, e-mail: rumai@notarai.lt
Representative of Public Affairs Aleksandras Matonis: Phone +370 610 16688, e-mail: aleksandras.matonis@notarurumai.lt
