2004年是我国第一部全国性公证法规——《中华人民共和国公证暂行条例》颁布实施22周年。经过20多年的发展,公证制度已成为中国社会主义法制的重要组成部分,公证事业已成为促进改革开放和社会主义现代化建设、推进整个社会文明进步一支重要力量。随着公证事业的不断发展,业界对公证法出台的呼声也不断高涨,而在公证立法的过程中,法定必须公证制度的确定与否也成为焦点问题之一。要不要法定必须公证?我们可以通过研究以法国、德国、意大利为代表的大陆法系国家的公证制度得到明确答案。这些国家的法定必须公证事项的范 2004 is the 22nd anniversary of promulgation and implementation of the first nationally notarized regulation in our country - Provisional Regulations of the People’s Republic of China Notary. After more than 20 years of development, the notary system has become an important part of China’s socialist legal system. The notary has become an important force for promoting the reform, opening up, and socialist modernization and for promoting the progress of civilizations throughout society. With the continuous development of the notary public, the industry is also on the rise of notarization law has also been rising, and in the process of notarization legislation, the statutory must notarize the system has become one of the key issues. Do we need to be notarized by statute? We can get a clear answer by studying the notarial system in civil law countries represented by France, Germany and Italy. The statutory requirements of these countries must be notarized