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As the title of this video suggests, we are posing the question, "are notaries necessary as it pertains to contracts here in Thailand?" Not necessarily. It is not an absolute necessity. I had a chat with the lawyers, the Thai lawyers here in the firm. Just to be clear, I am an American Attorney; I'm a naturalized Thai citizen but I am not a Thai lawyer, I am not a Thai Attorney. I sort of look at this from an outsider's perspective but is a notarization necessary for a contract. No, it's not necessary per se. 

Generally speaking, the consensus around the office seems to be if you can have a notary go ahead and notarize a contract. It's a good idea because there is no question that the people that ostensibly signed it, did in fact sign it. That said is it a formality that is an absolute must in order for a contract to be deemed enforceable here in Thailand? Not necessarily, but again as a rule of thumb if you will, it is a pretty good idea to have any type of legally binding document notarized if you can and the same would go for a contract. 

I think it is safe to say that it would be a good idea to have a notarization done for any contract signed here in the Kingdom of Thailand.