The Criminal Liability of the Licensed Notary in Jordanian Law

The purpose of this study is to explain the lack and deficiencies in the legal texts governing the provisions of criminal liability of the licensed notary public, in accordance with the system of licensing the notary public, and the statement of acts that occur during the performance of his work and is considered criminal or not criminal. The study found that there is a lack and deficiency in the legal texts governing the work of the licensed notary, in the sense that there are acts occurred from the licensed notary that are difficult to limit, which are not considered a criminal despite their seriousness and its gravity, which necessitates the need to criminalize them and impose deterrent penalties and counterfeiting and the rest of the criminal acts occured from it. The study was divided into two sections dealing with the first topic, what is the criminal liability, the licensed notary, and the second topic dealt with the provisions of the criminal liability of the licensed notary. The conclusion of the study concluded with the most important consequences and recommendations.