In order to support the implementation of Notary authority, at a certain time
the Notary will issuing a covernote. Covernote is one of the part of the agreement
made by a Notary with his client, so it must be fulfilled. If the covernote can’t be
fulfilled, then the Notary will be asked for his responsibility. The purpose of this
research is to know the responsibility of a Notary if the covernote he made cannot be
fulfilled. The type of research of this thesis is a normative legal research. Normative
legal research is a research to examine the implementation of positive law. Based on
the research, covernote is a statement made by a Notary which contains information
that the Notary will complete the process of issuing an authentic certificate which is
his authority. If the Notary fails to comply with the covernote he has made, then he
shall be liable for any losses arising based on tort. Tort becomes the basis when the
covernote cannot be fulfilled because covernote is not an agreement.