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Screening the parties to notarial transactions under 115‑FZ

The parties to a deal in real estate, company shares or a loan are run against the Rosfinmonitoring watchlist, sanctions and PEP lists, and a company by tax number. Passports, applications and forms are read into the draft document without retyping.

The result of screening a party to a notarial transaction: the Rosfinmonitoring watchlist, sanctions, PEP lists and the company by tax number
5 ₽ a party checked against the Rosfinmonitoring watchlist
36 ₽ compliance screening: PEP lists, sanctions from 50+ countries, adverse media
≈1 sec passport recognition instead of 3–5 minutes of retyping
20+ checks on a corporate party by tax number
The list PEP Sanctions Company by tax number Handwritten applications

Data stored in Russia · Installed inside the office perimeter · Russian software registry no. 19972

What 115‑FZ requires of a notary

A notary is a subject of 115‑FZ not for every notarial act, but for the transactions on the Rosfinmonitoring list. Below is what that list covers and what duties come with it.
NeuroVision supplies the data for screening the parties. Identity is established by the notary, and so are the decision to perform the act, the reports to Rosfinmonitoring and the measures over the escrow account.
Passing information to Rosfinmonitoring is not a breach of notarial secrecy (115‑FZ art. 7.1(5)). NeuroVision does not pass anything to Rosfinmonitoring.

  • Transactions covered by 115‑FZ

    115‑FZ art. 7.1(1)(2); Rosfinmonitoring Order No. 333 as amended by No. 68.

    Choose the checks

    Property and shares

    • Disposal for consideration of real estate, securities and company shares — sale, exchange, assignment, compensation in lieu
    • Gifts of real estate — except between relatives and spouses
    • Acceptance of an irrevocable offer to dispose of company shares or securities

    Money and management

    • A loan agreement, convertible loans included
    • A power of attorney to manage accounts and deposits
    • Trust management — except of inherited property

    Also

    • A mediation agreement in a property dispute
    • A member's application to withdraw from a company
    • An investment partnership agreement
  • The parties to the transaction

    115‑FZ art. 7.1 referring to arts. 7 and 7.3; Decree No. 1180 — requirements for internal control rules.

    Watchlist screening

    Before certifying

    • Identify the party, the representative and the beneficiary
    • Establish the beneficial owner
    • Check against the watchlists and freezing orders

    Politically exposed persons

    • Foreign and international PEPs — the measures under art. 7.3
    • The source of funds — as your internal control rules require

    Internal control rules

    • Update the internal control rules for the new list of transactions — by 25.06.2026
    • Keep the information and documents for at least 5 years
  • Reports and the escrow account

    115‑FZ art. 7.1(2) and (3.1); Decree No. 131 — rules for submitting information.

    Choose the checks

    A suspicious transaction

    • Report it to Rosfinmonitoring within 3 working days of spotting it
    • Through the online portal, using a qualified electronic signature

    Refusing a notarial act

    • Record the refusal under art. 48(2) of the Fundamentals and submit the information within 3 working days

    The notary's escrow account

    • Freezing applies only when money or securities are taken into escrow, within 24 hours
    • Report the measures within 1 working day

Six tasks for a notary's office

Passport data, the real estate register and the notarial registers you already have in the information system. Here is what is left to the office — and what NeuroVision covers.

  • Passports without retyping

    The assistant puts the passport on the scanner — the full name, series and number, issuing authority and date, and the registered address are read in a second and go into the draft contract or power of attorney without typos.

    Most often enabled:

    • Recognition
    • Registration address
    Learn more
  • Handwritten applications

    Heirs' applications, spouses' consents and forms filled in by hand in block capitals are read against your own form template. Doubtful fields are flagged for the assistant to check.

    Most often enabled:

    • Handwriting
    • Templates
    Learn more
  • The Rosfinmonitoring list

    Every party to a listed transaction in a single request. The result, with the date of the check, is kept in the file under your internal control rules.

    Most often enabled:

    • The list
    • 115‑FZ
    Learn more
  • PEP and sanctions

    Politically exposed persons and their close associates, sanctions lists from more than 50 countries, regulatory actions and adverse coverage — for the parties and the beneficial owners.

    Most often enabled:

    • PEP
    • Sanctions
    Learn more
  • A company as a party

    The sale of a company share, a member's withdrawal, a loan from a company — status in the state register, signs of a shell company, a nominee director, court cases and debts, all by tax number.

    Most often enabled:

    • KYB
    • Tax number
    Learn more
  • Foreign parties

    Passports from 195+ countries and territories are read without manual entry, the name in Latin script coming from the MRZ. A check against the Interior Ministry's register of controlled persons and sanctions — before certifying.

    Most often enabled:

    • 195+ documents
    • Police register
    Learn more

A citizen, a foreign national, a company: the parties to a notarial transaction

  • A Russian citizen

    The passport is read straight into the draft document. The Rosfinmonitoring watchlist, sanctions and PEP lists — by full name and date of birth. At the notary's discretion — wanted lists and the party's bankruptcy.

  • A foreign national

    A passport from 195+ countries and territories without manual entry, the name in Latin script from the MRZ. The Interior Ministry's register of controlled persons, sanctions lists and PEP compliance screening.

  • A company or sole trader

    The sale of shares, a member's withdrawal, a loan. Status in the state registers, shell-company signs, the director and shareholders against the watchlist and sanctions. The beneficial owner under 115‑FZ is established by the notary.

Your internal control rules set the combination of checks for each party.
NeuroVision returns the result with its date and source.

A party to a transaction with their documents at a notary's office

How a notary screens the parties with NeuroVision

The screening runs alongside drafting the document. By the time the parties arrive, the assistant already knows whether there are matches on the watchlist, sanctions or PEP lists.

Step 1

Documents into data

The assistant scans passports, certificates, extracts and applications. The fields are read and go into the draft contract or the party's form — without retyping.

Reading a passport and a handwritten application at a notary's office without retyping
Step 2

The parties against the watchlists and by tax number

Every party and beneficial owner against the Rosfinmonitoring watchlist, sanctions and PEP lists, and the company by tax number. Only the checks your internal control rules call for.

Screening the parties to a notarial transaction against the Rosfinmonitoring watchlist, sanctions, PEP lists and by tax number
Step 3

The result into the file

Every check returns a result, its source and a date. The report is kept in the file under the internal control rules. Identity at the appointment is established by the notary, and so is the decision to perform the act.

Check results for the parties, with date and source, for the file

The notarial information system and NeuroVision: who checks what

A notary already gets much of this through the information system and the interagency exchange. NeuroVision does not duplicate it and is not integrated with it — it covers what is left to the office.

The notarial information system and NeuroVision: which checks sit where
TaskThe notarial information systemNeuroVision
Passport status and passport historyThe unified population register, a request to the Interior Ministry over the interagency exchangewe do not duplicate
Powers of attorney, probate files, pledges over movable propertythe registers of the notarial information systemwe do not duplicate
The real estate register, the bailiff service, the tax service, the civil registryrequests over the interagency exchangewe do not duplicate
Entering data from passports, applications and forms—recognition in a second, handwriting by form template
The Rosfinmonitoring list—5 ₽ per party, the result carries a date
PEP lists, sanctions from 50+ countries, adverse media—compliance screening, 36 ₽
A corporate party: shell-company signs, nominee director, court cases—20+ checks by tax number

Checks and recognition for a notary

Each check is switched on separately and you pay for the requests performed. Descriptions, sources and response fields are in the catalogue of checks.

Parties and beneficial owners

The watchlist, sanctions and politically exposed persons.

  • Rosfinmonitoring

    The list of terrorists and extremists

    Screening against the list of people involved in extremist activity or terrorism. A mandatory check under 115-FZ.

    5 ₽ / check

    Learn more
  • An international database

    Compliance screening: PEP, sanctions, adverse media

    International screening against politically exposed persons and their associates, sanctions lists from more than 50 countries, regulatory actions and adverse media coverage. For Russian citizens it runs from the international passport or from the full name and date of birth.

    36 ₽ / check

    Learn more
  • OFAC · EU · UK · UN

    International sanctions lists

    Screening against the consolidated lists of OFAC (USA), the European Union, the United Kingdom and the UN. Every match carries a similarity score and a flag if it was triggered by an alias.

    5 ₽ / check

    Learn more
  • Ministry of Justice

    The foreign agents register

    A check against the Russian Ministry of Justice's foreign agents register. Its entries carry a date of birth and a tax number, so a match can be verified.

    5 ₽ / check

    Learn more
  • Police

    The police register of controlled persons

    A check on a foreign national against the register of controlled persons that the police have kept since February 2025: people who have lost the legal grounds to stay in Russia. Russian citizens do not need the check — by law they are not in the register.

    5 ₽ / check

    Learn more

What screening the parties to a notarial transaction costs

Checks against watchlists and registers carry a fixed price per request, with no subscription fee. Document recognition is quoted against your transactions and pages per month.

  • Individual checks

    5 ₽ per check

    Configure a set

    The Rosfinmonitoring watchlist, sanctions lists, the register of controlled persons and company checks by tax number — each on its own.

  • Most popular choice

    International compliance screening

    36 ₽ per check

    Enable

    Politically exposed persons and their close associates, sanctions lists from more than 50 countries, regulatory actions and adverse media — for the parties and the beneficial owners.

  • The «16 in 1» basic package

    50 ₽ per package (3.125 ₽ per check)

    Enable the package

    16 checks from a single passport: the watchlist, sanctions, foreign agents, wanted lists, bankruptcy, debts and court cases. Bought separately they cost 80 ₽.

Recognition of passports, forms and handwritten applications is priced separately — we will quote for your volume.

Connecting a notary's office without a developer

An office has no developer — and does not need one: the checks run in the web console. If you have your own document preparation software, it can be connected over the API.

The web console

For one-off checks — the console with no integration: enter the party's details or the company's tax number and get a report on every check.

  • The web console
  • Scanner and webcam
  • A cloud in Russia
  • On-premises

Test access for 1 month.

Payment for the checks performed, with 24/7 support.

Why notaries choose NeuroVision

A notary needs a tool that does not quarrel with the information system, does not call for a developer and handles the parties' data with care.

Only what you do not already have

Passport data and the notarial registers you already have.

NeuroVision adds the watchlists, PEP lists and sanctions for every party, company checks by tax number and document recognition — without duplicating the information system and without integration.

Console API JSON OCR

No developer needed

A web console for one-off checks, and the API if you have your own software.

A price per check

From 5 ₽ per request, PEP and sanctions 36 ₽, with no subscription fee.

Data in Russia

A cloud in Russia or installation inside the office perimeter, under 152‑FZ and 242‑FZ.

Skolkovo — participant

A Russian developer

A Skolkovo resident; the platform is entry no. 19972 in the Russian software registry.

Notaries' frequently asked questions about 115‑FZ and screening the parties

Yes, under article 7.1 — but not to every notarial act. The duties attach to certifying the transactions on the Rosfinmonitoring list: disposals of real estate, company shares and securities, loans, gifts of real estate to non-relatives, powers of attorney to manage accounts, trust management, mediation agreements, withdrawal from a company and investment partnership agreements.

Identifies the parties, their representatives and the beneficiaries, establishes the beneficial owners, applies the measures for politically exposed persons and acts under their own internal control rules. A suspicious transaction is reported to Rosfinmonitoring within three working days.

No. Identity is established by the notary, who obtains state register data through the notarial information system. NeuroVision checks the parties against the Rosfinmonitoring watchlist, sanctions and PEP lists, the company by tax number, and reads the documents. The notary uses the results in their own procedure.

No. NeuroVision does not duplicate it: passport status, the notarial registers and interagency requests stay in that system. The checks are run from the web console or over the API from your document preparation software.

No. Reports on suspicious transactions, on a refusal to perform a notarial act and on measures over the escrow account are submitted by the notary — through the online portal on the Rosfinmonitoring website, using a qualified electronic signature.

Since 29.12.2020 a transaction may be certified by two or more notaries: each party attends their own notary and the document is signed over video link through the information system. Each notary deals with their own party.

Applications and forms filled in by hand in block capitals are read against your own form template; doubtful fields are flagged for checking. Cursive handwriting — only after a test on your own samples. The particulars of powers of attorney and certificates are read by your form template; whether a power of attorney is still in force is shown by the register in the information system.

If the parties' data must not leave the office, NeuroVision is installed inside your own perimeter. In the cloud, data is stored in Russia under 152‑FZ and 242‑FZ.

The watchlist and the registers cost from 5 ₽ per check, and compliance screening against PEP and sanctions lists costs 36 ₽. Document recognition is quoted for your volume. Test access lasts 1 month.

We will put together the checks for your notary's office

Tell us how many listed transactions you certify a month, whether foreign parties and companies come up, and which documents you retype most often — we will assemble the set of checks and give you test access.

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