提存公证联合支付宝初探

Comparative Study of Escrow Notarization and Apliay

科学技术的快速发展引发深刻而广泛的社会变革。这就涉及到公证制度的创新,从而适应社会的新发展。电子公证、保全网络证据公证等新公证类型的出现,昭示着公证制度与现代科技发展的契合性。但提存公证如何在高科技的冲击下求得一席之地,引人深思。网络购物通过支付宝这一第三方平台完成快捷和安全支付,较好的平衡买卖双方的利益需求。不难发现,支付宝与提存公证存在许多相似之处。笔者正是从这一角度入手,通过对提存公证和支付宝的介绍和比较,拟探讨运用支付宝办理提存公证的可能性,以求开拓提存公证在现今高科技下的创新之路。

The rapid development of science and technology has been producing a profound and extensive impact on the social transformation, for instance, high-tech-based innovative notary categories like electronic notarization and notarization of evidence preservation network are now thriving and inevitably posing great challenge to traditional approaches such as escrow notarization. This paper firstly analyzes Alipay, which mediates between the seller and the buyer as the third party of the online payment, and best balances their interests. Then the paper makes a comparative study of Alipay and escrow notarization, and finds out many similarities between them. Finally, the paper discusses the possibility to invigorate escrow notarization by introduction of Alipay.