This article presents a comparative analysis of two administrative procedures for the performance of notarial acts — by local government officials and consular officials. Conclusions are drawn about the scope of legal guarantees. The possibilities of realization of the constitutional rights of citizens through the performance of notarial acts are noted, which is achieved both by regulating the procedure for the performance of notarial acts and establishing additional mechanisms of control over the quality of actions performed by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation and courts of general jurisdiction, and by extending a number of principles of notarial activity to the activities of local government officials. The author points out that such a statement is effectively provided that consular officials perform such qualified actions as certification of transactions, which presupposes high quality standards of notarial actions and public confidence in this, the only possible, way of performing notarial actions outside the borders of the Russian Federation. As a practice-oriented part of the study, normative legal acts of the current legislation of the Russian Federation are cited.