For notarized witness testimony, witnesses still need to appear in court for cross-examination to confirm whether it has probative force and whether it should be accepted by the court.

According to the provisions of the Notarization Law, notarization is an activity of a notary office to prove the authenticity and legality of civil legal acts, facts and documents with legal significance according to the application of natural persons, legal persons or other organizations and legal procedures. Notarized witness testimony is only proved by the notary office that the testimony is said by the witness himself, but it cannot prove that the testimony said by the witness is consistent with the facts of the case.

At the same time, according to the Civil Procedure Law and Several Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on Evidence in Civil Procedure, witnesses are obliged to appear in court for cross-examination, and only with the permission of the court can they testify in other ways.

code of civil law

Article 73 Upon notification by the people's court, a witness shall testify in court. Under any of the following circumstances, with the permission of the people's court, written testimony, audio-visual transmission technology or audio-visual materials may be used to testify:

Unable to appear in court for health reasons;

(2) Being unable to appear in court due to long distance and inconvenient transportation;

(3) Unable to appear in court due to force majeure such as natural disasters;

(four) other legitimate reasons can not appear in court.

Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on Evidence in Civil Procedure

Article 55 A witness shall testify in court and accept questions from the parties concerned.