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The 25th of May, 2010 Lithuanian representatives attended the session of Commission on European Affairs of UINL held in Saint- Petersburg The 5th legislature plenary session 2008-2010 of Commission on European Affairs of International Union of Notaries (UINL) took place on May 21-22, 2010 in Saint-Petersburg. The president Marius Strackaitis and a consultant Sandra Razanaite represented the Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries during the session. More...
April, 2010 The president of the Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries, Notary of the 1st Notary Bureau of the city of Klaipeda Marius Strackaitis: “Perhaps we should take a wider view?”. More...
The 20th of March, 2009 By the order No. 1R-54 dated 20.03.2010 of the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania, Administrator of the First Notary Office of Klaipeda city, the president of Lithuanian Notary Chambers, the notary Marius Strackaitis was appointed to be the member of the committee of the public competition for occupying the notary’s position.
December, 2009 On December 2009, notary assistant of the First notary‘s office of Klaipeda Lina Simkiene won the public audition of candidates for notaries (assessors).
The 7th of December, 2009 In 2009 the administrator of the First Notary Office of Klaipeda city, the notary Marius Strackaitis was appointed as a member of council of Mykolas Romeris University.
The 25th of November, 2009 Profession of Notary has deserved public trust for five years in a row Vilnius, November 25. Evaluating representatives of legal proessions, Lithuanians for five years in a row mostuly trust in notaries, a public opinion survey shows. Accoridng to the opinion poll held by the public opinion and market studies center „Vilmorus“, 53,1 per cent of questioned Lithuanian residents trust in notraies. 9,4 per cent do not trust in them, while 37,5 per cent of respondents were indeifferent. More...
June, 2009
Marius Strackaitis, the president of The Chamber of Notaries of Lithuania, participated in a meeting of heads of The Chambers of Notaries of Baltic countries, which was held in Tallinn (Estonia) on the 1st of June.
The 8th of April, 2009 More than 6,5 thousand disabled citizen will not be able to vote during elections Six and a half thousand of Lithuania citizens, by court’s decision of their mental disability, will not be able to vote at the elections of Lithuania President and European Parliament. This year the number of mentally disabled people is two thirds greater than half a year ago. On Wednesday, Marius Strackaitis, a president of Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries and a notary – administrator of First Notary bureau of Klaipeda city transferred Zenonas Vaigauskas, chairman of the Central Electoral Commission a computer data storage device with information, containing a list of 6 thousand and 555 people, admitted to be mentally disabled by court. Aforementioned people will have to be excluded from the list of voters. More...
The 18th of March, 2009 Representatives of LCN - at the Brussels General Assembly of The Council of the Notariats of the EU Marius Strackaitis, a president of Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries and a notary – administrator of First Notary bureau of Klaipeda city participated in events of Council of Notariats of the EU (CNEU) held in Brussels (Belgium). On 18-03-2009 Lithuanian representatives participated at the session of General Assembly of CNUE, were participants debated on litigation of citizenship requirement, authentic document, issue of company rights, application of new technologies when designing the site of European E-justice, suggestions on electronic Apostile were being discussed, as well as topicalities of European Notarial Network (ENN). Various organizational issues have also been discussed, for example, title and protection of logo of “European Notariat”, action plan for this year and report of past year’s financial expenses and etc. More...
The 17th of March, 2009 A real estate transactions system of „one window“ is trapped Implementation of “one window” system, which is supposed to facilitate real estate transactions for clients, is trapped. This was stated on Tuesday, when a Minister of Justice Remigijus Simasius visited the 19th Notary Bureau of Vilnius, which attempts to test Public Electronic Service of Real Estate Property, designed by State Enterprise Centre of Registers (PESREPT). A notary Mindaugas Kacergis, trying the system, states that PESREPT system is still not reliable and completely inconvenient to use, there are evident shortfalls of its design. More...
The 5th of March, 2009 A suggestion to cheapen the more „expensive“ notary actions will increase the price of „inexpensive“ actions several times Vilnius, the 5th of March. Having interconnecting Notary service pricing with expenditure of Notaries practice, as suggested by the Ministry of Justice, simple Notary services would increase in price by 500 percent. This was stated in the Ministry of Justice on Thursday at the press conference by Marius Strackaitis, a president of Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries, when commenting Remigijus Simacius, a minister of justice, prognosis, regarding possible changes in notary service pricing. “Based on auditor’s calculations, as of today we can conclude that having mechanically interconnecting pricing of notaries service with expenditure of notaries service, simple notaries actions would increase in price until 500 percent”, - stated M. Strackaitiskaitis. More...
08-01-2009 The requirement of energy coefficient certification – strike to the real estate market, states notaries
Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries are worried about law’s regulation that came into force this year which during this stagnation period will cause additional concern and expenses in real estate market when selling or renting buildings. More...
December 29, 2008 Notaries Donated the Libraries of Country Schools
The donated money from Lithuanian Notaries will be spent on books for the country schools’ libraries.
“Even at those difficult times to Lithuania we still receive people kindness, which they willingly share with the others”, - rejoices Alma Adamkiene, the founder of the support fund. More...
November 10, 2008 General Board’s Session and General Members Meeting of International Union of Latin Notaries (UINL) took place in Quebec
A general members meeting of International Union of Latin Notaries took place on the 7-8th of November, 2008 in Quebec (Canada). Marius Strackaitis, a president of Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries, represented Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries in it, a member of presidium of Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries Asta Keliene and consultant of Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries were present in this meeting as well. General meeting of members heard a report from UINL president Eduardo Gallino regarding UINL position and practice program, discussed a situation of UINL members- notaries, planned themes and assigned coordinators for XXVI International Notaries Congress, which will take place in Morocco in the year 2010 and reviewed other relevant issues.
October 10, 2008 Poll: the most reliable lawyers – notaries
The public opinion poll shows that when evaluating the legal institutions employees, Lithuanian citizens already four years in a row rely on notaries mostly. According to the representative Lithuanian citizen poll which was carried out by public opinion and market research center “Vilmorous”, 58% of respondents rely on notaries, 9,2% of respondents mistrust notaries, indifferent – third of the respondents. More...
October 01, 2008 More powerful guarantees of possible damage for notaries’ clients
Vilnius, 1st October. From this moment notaries’ clients will be more protected from possible damage. Cooperation Contract for obligatory insurance of notaries’ professional civil responsibility, becoming effective from 1st October, which has been signed by House of Notaries of Lithuania and private stock company of insurance brokers “IIZI”, representing an insurance company of Great Britain “Association of Underwriters known as Lloyd’s”, provides that.
“From this moment notaries’ clients are more protected from possible damage in consequence of notaries’ actions. House of Notaries of Lithuania is the first association of lawyers which signed such insurance contract with foreign company”, - said Marius Strackaitis, the president of House of Notaries of Lithuania. More...
September 29, 2008 European notaries and their clients have equally experienced business depression
Zagrebas – Vilnius, the 29th of September. Notaries of Europe continent are equally concerned regarding the business depression, which negatively affects the notaries’ clients.
In addition, this is stated in the International Notary Union European Affairs Committee meeting in Croatia capital, Zagreb on September 26-28th. Lithuania at the meeting was represented by the president of the Lithuania Chamber of Notaries Marius Strackaitis and Consultant of Chamber of Notaries Vaidota Majute. More...
September 09, 2008 „We have no right to go wrong“

An interview with the president of Notary Chamber, a notary M. Strackaitis.
INFOLEX: Half of a year has passed since the beginning of your tenure. How do you evaluate the notary situation today – image of notary, relationships with society, government, media?
M. Strackaitis: The situation is really not that simple. The last two years were the most difficult over the entire 15 years of our practice. We have never had to excuse, explain and rush as much as in a recent period. This is a new experience to us – over the years the notary has been the one, who questions, evaluates and weighs the facts. More...
June 20, 2008 The president of Lithuanian Notary Chambers, Marius Strackaitis, participated in the Plenary General Assembly session of Notariat Council of European Union (CNUE) that took place on the 20-21st of June in Cascais, Portugal.
June 04, 2008 Lithuanian Notaries Attended the Notary Congress in Russia

The delegation of Lithuanian notaries returned from the notary congress which took place in St. Petersburg (Russia). The president of Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries Marius Stračkaitis, Vice-president Daiva Lukađevičiűtë and the members of the presidium Asta Kelienë and Svajonë Đaltauskienë represented Lithuanian notaries in the congress.
“Lithuanian notaries were the first from the Baltic States to be accepted into the International Union of Latin Notaries, and were first to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Latin Notary. Knowing and realizing what an independent notary means to the state citizen, how much of juridical knowledge and advice he can provide and how responsibly, one confirms indisputable contracts for each client, we, representatives of Lithuanian notaries are going to St. Petersburg with respect to congratulate our colleagues, to find out how to benefit yet more the one coming to a notary,” – states the president of the Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries Marius Stračkaitis. More...
May 22, 2008 Triple Baltic Notarial Board: „The more acts a notary will be authorized to take, the better it will be for everyone“

Everyone should receive highly qualified notarial assistance – from a child to a person of venerable age, from a student to a businessman, from a family to gigantic joint-stock companies. This was the essence speeches of heads of notariats from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia who gathered in Vilnius.
The president ot the Latvian Notary Public Board Ilze Pilsetniece, the President of the Estonian Notarial Chamber Tiit Sepp, vice-presidens and members of boards from all the three countries shared their oppinions and experience at the highest level meeting of heads of notaries from the Baltic states in Vilnius. More...
April of year 2008 The notary of the First Notary Office of Klaipeda town Aldona Kundrotiene has been appointed as a member of Certification Committee of Notaries’ Chambers for the tenure of 2008-2010.
March 2008 During the reporting-elective meeting of Lithuanian Notaries’ Chamber members that took place on March 29, 2008, the administrator of the First Notary Office of Klaipeda city, the notary Marius Strackaitis was elected to be president of Lithuanian Notaries’ Chamber.
5 December 2007 15 years activity anniversary

15 years ago – on the 1st December, 2007 – State Notary Bureaus in the Republic of Lithuania were replaced by Free Notary Bureaus and thus Free Latin Notary Bureau started its activity. On that day Klaipeda 1st Notary Bureau also started its activity.
During those first 15 working years bureau activity increased several times: number of employees increased from three to thirty, number of notarial actions - from 14 000 (1992) to 72 000 (2007). In 1998 the bureau moved into new bureau, situated in Klaipeda City old town, S.Daukanto Street, and continued its activity there. From the first working day employees’ responsibility and professionalism, which are considered the main professional guides, today have leaded the bureau to the leaders’ positions among professionals not only in Lithuania, but also in all Baltic States. More... |