The Role of Notaries in the Legality of Documents General Election (Election) Supervision

Abstract

This study aims to determine and analyzethe role of Notaries in providing legality to General Election supervision documents, to find out and analyze the legal force of General Election supervision documents that have been legalized by a Notary. The approach method in this study is the statutory approach (Statute Approach) and Conceptual (Conceptual Approach). This type of research is Normative Legal Research. The types and sources of data in this study are secondary data obtained through literature studies. The analysis used in this study is qualitative analysis. The results of the study concluded thatElection supervision documents produced by Bawaslu have a solid legal foundation, sourced directly from the mandate of Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections, Legalization of Copies of supervision documents by notaries plays a strategic role in the context of proof having a higher formal evidentiary value, especially in legal processes related to election result disputes or handling alleged violations, but the notary's legalization authority has crucial limitations, namely only touching on the formal aspects of the authenticity of the copy. Notaries do not have the competence or responsibility to validate the truth of the contents, legal validity, or accuracy of the decisions contained in Bawaslu's election supervision documents. Responsibility for these material aspects lies entirely with Bawaslu as the authorized institution.