Receipt into safekeeping
Instruments and valuables too important for a drawer can be left in the safekeeping of a public notary, checked on receipt, recorded in a ruling and returned at the agreed time.
Some instruments and valuables are too important to sit in a drawer. A public notary can receive them on deposit, for safekeeping: they first check the contents of what you entrust to them, record everything in a ruling and are answerable for its safekeeping until it is returned.
What can be received on deposit
Instruments, valuables and other non-perishable goods that the public notary can practically and effectively keep safe at the notarial office may be received into notarial deposit. Sums of money, instruments, documents or valuables found during the inventory of an estate are also received on deposit.
On receipt, you declare on your own responsibility that the goods are of lawful origin. A public notary may not receive goods whose deposit is contrary to the law, to public order or to good morals, and may refuse to carry out the procedure if they consider that they cannot provide proper conditions of safekeeping.
The ruling of receipt on deposit
The ruling records the date of deposit (and, at your request, the time as well), the exact identification of the instruments or goods handed over, the name of the depositor and of the person to whom they are to be released, and the period of safekeeping.
You may provide, at the moment of deposit, that the instrument or asset is to be released to a person other than yourself. The notary will release it only to the person named in the ruling, at the time and on the conditions set there.
Return
Instruments, documents or valuables received on deposit are returned at the time and on the conditions set in the ruling of receipt on deposit, against the signature of the parties, their successors or, as the case may be, their representatives in the deposit register kept by the notarial office.
What it costs
Receipt into safekeeping carries a fixed fee, which depends on the period of safekeeping: a minimum of 750 lei for safekeeping of up to one year and a minimum of 1,500 lei for safekeeping of more than one year.
The minimum fees are set by order of the Minister of Justice. The notary may set a higher fee, depending on the complexity of the work, but never below the statutory minimum.
For full details and worked examples, see the Fees and charges section →
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