An introduction to the KNB

The Royal Netherlands Notarial Organisation (KNB) is a professional organisation under public law. All notaries and junior notaries in the Netherlands are members of the KNB.

The main task of the KNB is to ensure the observance of good standards of professional practice by notaries and junior notaries in the Netherlands and to promote their professionalism.

Do you require the service of a Dutch notary?

Do you have questions about an inheritance, or about making a will? Are you planning on living together, or getting married and do you want to know more about marriage contracts?

Visit our website notaris.nl.

What's on?

The Royal Netherlands Notarial Organisation (KNB) is engaged in several (policy) issues. At this moment the main topics are:

  • developments in private company law;
  • the private members' bill on mediation;
  • the bill on compulsary auctions.

Consumer website notaris.nl now also in English

The website notaris.nl of the Royal Netherlands Notarial Organisation is expanded with an English part: ‘the notary gets you settled’.

More and more relationships in the Netherlands have an international character. That is why the consumer website as of today also consists of information about international matrimonial law and inheritance law, both in Dutch and in English. More>>

Association

  • The Royal Netherlands Notarial Organisation (KNB) is associated with two international organisations:
  • > the UINL (Union Internationale du Notariat): a global organisation consisting of over eighty countries; 
  • > the CNUE (Conseil des Notariats de l’Union Européenne): a partnership of notariats within the European Union.

 

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