Shandong’s first comprehensive adjustment! At least 1000 yuan is required for notarization of wills.
Qilu. com August 13 th From September 1 this year, the charging standards for notarization services such as property and wills will be adjusted, and the charging standards that have been implemented in Shandong for nearly 20 years will be abolished. According to the new standard, the notarization of wills in the office of a notary office costs 1,000-2,000 yuan each.
Recently, the Shandong Provincial Price Bureau and the Shandong Provincial Department of Justice issued the Measures for the Administration of Notary Service Charges in Shandong Province and the Standards for Notary Service Charges in Shandong Province. Among them, the fee standard for notarization of wills has been greatly adjusted. Previously, it was proved that each will was charged by 200 yuan, and 100 yuan was charged for notarization at home; Confirm the validity of the will, and charge 800 yuan for each piece. According to the new standard, if a will is notarized in the office of a notary office, it will cost 1,000-2,000 yuan each; For notarization of wills outside the office of a notary office, 2000-4000 yuan each.
In terms of the charging standard for inheritance, gift and bequest, Shandong has changed the charging standard from 2% of the benefit amount to cumulative charging by sections, down by 0.8-1.9 percentage points. For the part below 100,000 yuan (inclusive), the charge ratio is 1.2%, and if it is less than 300 yuan, it will be charged according to 300 yuan; 100,000 yuan to 200,000 yuan (inclusive), 1%; 0.75% for the portion from 200,000 yuan to 500,000 yuan (inclusive); 0.5% for the part of 500,000 yuan to 1 million yuan (inclusive); 1 million yuan to 2 million yuan (inclusive), 0.45%; 2 million yuan to 5 million yuan (inclusive), 0.4%; 5 million yuan to 10 million yuan (inclusive), 0.35%; 0.1% will be charged for the part above 10 million yuan.
In proving the legally significant facts such as birth, survival, death, identity, experience, education, nationality, marital status and kinship, the new charging standard is adjusted to each 150 yuan.
From September 1st, the charging standards that have been implemented for nearly 20 years before will be abolished. According to the new charging method, property contracts, entrustment, statements, guarantees and wills will be subject to government pricing or government-guided prices. According to different service contents, piecework charging, charging according to the proportion of the target amount, and charging by time can be adopted.
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Attachment 1: Measures for the Administration of Notary Service Charges in Shandong Province
Article 1 In order to standardize the charging behavior of notarization services, protect the legitimate rights and interests of notarial parties and notarial institutions, and promote the healthy development of notarization, these Measures are formulated in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations such as the Price Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Notary Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC), combined with the actual situation of our province.
Article 2 These Measures shall apply to the act of charging fees for notarial services provided by notarial institutions approved by the judicial administrative department of this province according to law. Where laws, regulations or rules provide otherwise, such provisions shall prevail.
Article 3 Fees for notarization services refer to the act of charging fees from the parties when notarization institutions handle notarization matters, notarization affairs and provide other services according to their applications.
Article 4 Fees for notarization services shall follow the principles of fairness, openness, honesty and credit, equality and compensation, and shall be subject to government pricing, government-guided pricing or market-regulated pricing management.
Article 5 A notarization institution shall conduct the following notarization matters and affairs, and implement government pricing or government guidance:
(a) the property contract, giving the creditor’s rights documents the force of enforcement, notarized registration and escrow;
(2) Agreements involving identity relations;
(3) authorization, declaration, guarantee and will;
(4) Inheritance, proof of kinship, gift and bequest for inheritance;
(5) Facts and documents with legal significance;
(6) On-site supervision and preservation of evidence;
(seven) other notarization matters and affairs that need the government to set prices.
Notary agencies provide services other than the above-mentioned notarization matters and affairs, and the charging standard is subject to market-adjusted prices, which shall be determined by the notary agencies through consultation with the parties.
Article 6 The charging standard for notarization matters and affairs subject to government pricing and government-guided price management shall be determined reasonably by the provincial price department in conjunction with the provincial judicial administrative department on the basis of the average social cost of notarization services provided by notarization institutions, taking into account the difficulty, complexity and risk of various services, and in accordance with the principle of being conducive to the healthy development of notarization and taking into account the social affordability.
Article 7 Fees for notarization services may be charged according to different service contents, such as piecework fees, fees in proportion to the bid amount, and time fees.
Article 8 Piece-by-piece charging refers to the charging method of collecting notarization service fees according to the specified amount or within the specified scope, range and limit with each notarization item as the basic unit.
Piece-rate fees are generally applicable to notarization services that do not involve property relations.
Article 9 Charging according to the proportion of the subject matter refers to the charging method of charging notarization service fees according to a certain proportion of the subject matter involved in the notarization service.
Charging according to the proportion of the target amount is generally applicable to notarization services involving property relations.
Article 10 Time-based charging refers to the charging method by which a notary public collects notarization service fees from the parties according to the effective working hours spent in providing notarization services and the determined hourly charging standard. If the fees are charged by time, after the notarization service, the notary shall indicate the working hours in the work record, which shall be signed by the parties concerned for confirmation.
Time charging is generally applicable to on-site supervision notarization and evidence preservation notarization.
Article 11 The following expenses incurred in the process of providing notarization services for the parties concerned shall be paid separately by the parties concerned according to the actual amount, and legal bills shall be issued by the units providing relevant services:
(a) commissioned identification, inspection, evaluation, translation, photography, video recording, CD burning, photo printing and other expenses;
(two) the travel expenses and other related expenses required by the notary public to assign personnel to handle notarization in different places;
(three) matters that should be proved by the parties, but the expenses incurred by the parties in entrusting a notary public to obtain evidence due to difficulties in proof.
To collect the above fees, a notary public shall reach an agreement with the parties in advance, provide an estimate of the fees, and the parties shall sign it for confirmation.
Article 12 When collecting notarization service fees, a notarization institution shall issue legal bills.
When paying relevant fees on behalf of the parties, the notary office shall provide a list of fees paid on its behalf and legal bills. If it cannot be provided, the parties concerned may not pay.
Article 13 A notarization institution may collect the notarization service fee in advance when accepting the notarization application, or it may agree with the parties to collect it by stages during the handling period.
Notaries and other staff members of notarization institutions shall not collect any fees without permission.
Fourteenth due to the responsibility of the notary public can not issue a notarial certificate or revoke the notarial certificate, the notary service fee charged shall be returned to the parties; If the notarial certificate cannot be issued or revoked due to the responsibility of both the notary public and the parties, part of the expenses shall be refunded according to the responsibility of both parties; If the notarial certificate cannot be issued or revoked due to the responsibility of the parties to provide perjury or false evidence, the notarization service fee charged will not be refunded; For other reasons, if the parties take the initiative to withdraw it, the notary office may charge a handling fee according to the prior agreement.
Fifteenth in any of the following circumstances, the notary public shall, in accordance with the relevant provisions of legal aid, reduce the fees for notarization services:
(a) belonging to the scope of legal aid as stipulated in the Regulations of Shandong Province on Legal Aid;
(2) Handling notarial matters and notarial affairs related to public welfare activities;
(three) other special circumstances need to be reduced.
Article 16 Where there is a dispute over the fees for notarization services, the notarization institution shall settle it through consultation with the parties concerned. If negotiation fails, both parties may apply to the competent price department for mediation, arbitration or bring a lawsuit to the people’s court according to law.
Article 17 A notarization institution shall strictly implement the charging standards for notarization services stipulated by the government, publicize information such as notarization charging items, charging standards, charging basis, fee reduction and exemption methods, complaint telephone numbers, etc. in a prominent position in service places and websites, and accept social supervision.
Article 18 Citizens, legal persons and other organizations may report and complain to the competent pricing department if they find that a notary public has failed to implement government pricing, government-guided pricing or other price violations.
Nineteenth price departments and judicial administrative departments shall strengthen the supervision and inspection of notarization service charges, and investigate and deal with illegal charges according to law.
Twentieth approach by the Provincial Price Bureau, the Provincial Department of justice is responsible for the interpretation of.
Article 21 These Measures shall come into force as of September 1, 2017 and shall be valid until August 31, 2022. The Notice of Shandong Provincial Department of Justice of Shandong Provincial Price Bureau on Forwarding the Notice of the State Planning Commission and the Ministry of Finance on Printing and Distributing the Measures for the Administration of Notary Service Fees (No.432 [1998] of Lu Jiafei) shall be abolished at the same time.
Attachment 2: Shandong Province Notary Service Charge Standard
I. Property contract
For the part below 500,000 yuan (inclusive) of the contract target amount, the collection ratio is 3‰ , less than 300 yuan, according to 300 yuan;
500,000 yuan to 5 million yuan (inclusive), 1.5‰ ;
5 million yuan to 20 million yuan (inclusive), charge 1‰ ;
0.5&permil will be charged for the part above 20 million yuan; .
Two, give the creditor’s rights documents enforcement effect, notarization registration, escrow.
(1) Those who apply for the compulsory enforcement effect of creditor’s rights documents, notarization registration or escrow shall be charged according to the standard of Article 1 "Property Contract". If the parties apply for notarization of the property contract, at the same time, apply for compulsory enforcement of the property contract, apply for notarization registration, and apply for deposit, no additional fees will be charged.
(2) Where a party applies for issuing an execution certificate, 1.5&permil of the execution amount shall be specified in the execution certificate; Charge, less than 300 yuan, according to 300 yuan charge.
III. Agreements concerning identity relations
(1) Agreements involving identity relations, such as adoption agreements, support agreements, marriage property agreements (pre-marriage, marriage and divorce division), and property division agreements after inheritance, and so on.
(two) personal injury compensation agreement, in accordance with the seventh "proof of kinship for inheritance" standard, less than 600 yuan, according to 600 yuan.
Iv. entrustment, declaration and guarantee
If the parties are natural persons, each piece of 300 yuan; If the parties are legal persons, each piece of 500 yuan.
Notarization of the declaration or guarantee for financing shall be collected according to the standard of Article 1 "Property Contract".
V. Wills
For notarization of wills in the office of a notary office, 1,000-2,000 yuan each; For notarization of wills outside the office of a notary office, 2000-4000 yuan each. The above fees include recording, video recording, taking photos and burning CDs.
VI. Inheritance, gift and bequest
For the part below 100,000 yuan (inclusive), the charge ratio is 1.2%, and if it is less than 300 yuan, it will be charged according to 300 yuan;
100,000 yuan to 200,000 yuan (inclusive), 1%;
0.75% for the portion from 200,000 yuan to 500,000 yuan (inclusive);
0.5% for the part of 500,000 yuan to 1 million yuan (inclusive);
1 million yuan to 2 million yuan (inclusive), 0.45%;
2 million yuan to 5 million yuan (inclusive), 0.4%;
5 million yuan to 10 million yuan (inclusive), 0.35%;
0.1% will be charged for the part above 10 million yuan.
VII. Proof of kinship for inheritance
Where a party applies for a certificate of kinship between the heir and the decedent, it shall be charged by half according to the standard of "inheritance, gift and bequest" in Article 6. If it is less than 300 yuan, it shall be charged by 300 yuan. If the amount of the estate is unknown, the fee shall be negotiated.
VIII. Facts and documents with legal significance
(a) the birth, survival, death, identity, previous name, domicile (place of residence), education, degree, experience, position (title), qualification, no (existing) criminal record, marital status, kinship (excluding the kinship between the heir and the decedent), ballot papers, fingerprints, check whether there is any file record, certificate (.
(two) the natural person’s property ownership (property certificate), income status, tax status, etc., each (No.) 300 yuan.
(3) Qualification, credit standing, articles of association, resolutions, property ownership (property certificate), income status, tax payment status, certificates (licenses), signatures (seals) on documents, etc. of legal persons and other organizations, and each (No.) 500 yuan.
(four) factual adoption, raising facts, claiming paternity, each 1000 yuan.
IX. On-site supervision
On-site supervision can collect fees according to the amount of property involved or by time. The charging method shall be negotiated by both parties.
If the fees are charged according to the amount of property involved, the following part of 20 million yuan (inclusive) will be charged according to 1‰ Collect; For the part above 20 million yuan, 0.5‰ Charge.
For hourly charges, 1000 yuan per hour, and less than 1 hour shall be counted as 1 hour. The billing time is calculated from the moment the notary enters the site.
X. Preservation of evidence
(1) 1,000-2,000 yuan for each piece of evidence preserved in the office of a notary office; Preserving evidence outside the office of a notary office costs 2,000-4,000 yuan each.
(two) the preservation of evidence served by mail, according to the above standards.
If the time for preserving evidence exceeds 4 hours, it will be charged according to the second item; if it exceeds 8 hours, it will be charged according to the third item, and so on. The time for notarization of preservation evidence includes the time for notaries to travel from notarization institution to preservation place.
XI. Copy fee
Every 20 yuan.
The above charging standards will be implemented from September 1, 2017 and will be valid until August 31, 2022. The Notice of Shandong Provincial Justice Department of Shandong Provincial Price Bureau on Forwarding the Notice of the State Development Planning Commission and the Ministry of Justice on Adjusting the Fees for Notary Services (No.433 [1998] of Lu Jia Fei Fa) shall be abolished at the same time.