<![CDATA[Based on Article 15 paragraph (2) of the Notary Law, notaries have the authority to perform waarmerking, which is to record handwritten letters in a special book. This authority aims to provide certainty of the date and register documents so that they are officially documented by the state, even though it does not change the status of the document to an authentic deed. This research departs from a legal phenomenon in the city of Ternate, where there is a Land Use and Management Agreement that was made privately and then registered with a notary. The uniqueness of this case lies in the legal subjects who signed the agreement, whereby the same person acted in two different legal capacities. This normative legal study evaluates two crucial aspects. First, regarding the validity of the agreement. Legally, even though it was made privately and only through a waarmerking process, the agreement is still considered valid as long as it meets the four objective and subjective requirements in Article 1320 of the Civil Code: agreement, competence, specific object, and lawful cause. The presence of a legal subject in a dual capacity is still considered valid as long as they have the authority to represent according to the articles of association of the company or partnership. Second, regarding evidentiary strength. Unlike authentic deeds, which automatically have extrinsic, formal, and material evidentiary strength, handwritten documents that have been waarmerking have perfect evidentiary strength.]]>
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