The Notary Act Article 98
This English translation was last updated on 2009-12-30, but the Chinese text was amended on 2019-04-03. Later amendments may not be reflected in the translation — please refer to the Chinese text.
No one may apply for an inspection of a notarial will, nor may anyone apply for deliveries of authenticated copies, transcriptions, photocopies, or excerpt copies of a will except testators. However, testators may declare that their wills are open for inspection before or after their deaths.Notaries shall make transcriptions of notarial wills within ten days of making the wills. The transcriptions shall be sealed in envelopes with indications of identification information of the testators and the dates of making on the envelopes’ covers with the notaries’ official seals. The notaries shall deliver the transcriptions to The National Confederated Notary Association for preservation.If testators declare their willingness to open their wills for inspection according to paragraph 1, successors of the testators or other persons with legal interests on the notarial wills may request searches for the existence and inspection of the wills.The preceding two paragraphs shall apply mutatis mutandis to the notarization of other forms of wills.
中文原文 公證法第98條
公證遺囑，除請求人外，不得請求閱覽或交付正本、繕本、影本或節本。
但請求人聲明願意公開或於公證遺囑後死亡者，不在此限。
公證人應於作成公證遺囑之日起十日內製作繕本一份，將其密封，於封面上記明遺囑人之人別資料及作成之年、月、日，加蓋職章後，送交全國公證人公會聯合會保存之。
於有第一項但書之情形，請求人之繼受人或就公證遺囑有法律上利害關係之人，亦得向全國公證人公會聯合會查詢有無第一項之遺囑並請求閱覽。
前二項之規定，於其他遺囑之公、認證，準用之。
但請求人聲明願意公開或於公證遺囑後死亡者，不在此限。
公證人應於作成公證遺囑之日起十日內製作繕本一份，將其密封，於封面上記明遺囑人之人別資料及作成之年、月、日，加蓋職章後，送交全國公證人公會聯合會保存之。
於有第一項但書之情形，請求人之繼受人或就公證遺囑有法律上利害關係之人，亦得向全國公證人公會聯合會查詢有無第一項之遺囑並請求閱覽。
前二項之規定，於其他遺囑之公、認證，準用之。