The Notarization Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) defines the scope of notarization and nine cases of non-notarization.

1. The scope of justice is:

People's Republic of China (PRC) Notary Law Article 11 A notary office shall handle the following notarization matters upon the application of a natural person, legal person or other organization:

(1) Contract;

(2) inheritance;

(3) entrustment, declaration, gift and will;

(4) division of property;

(5) Bidding and auction;

(6) Marital status, kinship and adoption;

(seven) birth, survival, death, identity, experience, education, degree, position, title, whether there is a criminal record;

(8) Articles of association;

(9) Preserving evidence;

(ten) the signature, seal and date of the document, and the copy and photocopy of the document are consistent with the original;

(eleven) other notarization matters voluntarily applied by natural persons, legal persons or other organizations.

For matters that should be notarized according to laws and administrative regulations, the relevant natural persons, legal persons or other organizations shall apply to the notary office for notarization.

(2) The cases where notarization is not handled are:

Thirty-first in any of the following circumstances, the notary office shall not handle notarization:

(1) A person without civil capacity or with limited civil capacity has no guardian to apply for notarization;

(two) the parties have no interest in the matters for notarization;

(three) the notarization matters belong to professional technical appraisal and evaluation;

(four) there is a dispute between the parties about the application for notarization;

(five) the parties fabricate or conceal facts, or provide false proof materials;

(6) The evidential materials provided by the parties are insufficient or refuse to supplement the evidential materials;

(seven) the matters applied for notarization are untrue and illegal;

(eight) the application for notarization violates social morality;

(nine) the parties refused to pay the notary fee in accordance with the provisions.