To the question of "legalization" of non-state expert institutions

The article defines the main directions of development and improvement of forensic activities in Russia, reflects the problems associated with performance of expertise in non-governmental expert institutions, the lack of uniform state law regulating this field of activity. As positive preconditions for activities of non-state forensic institutions the author highlights their independence from law enforcement agencies and the state apparatus, that can influence on state forensic agencies. Non-state expert institutions are proper for mobility of regular number of expert staff in the production of the most "popular" types of expert examination, while state expert institutions are forced to overwork their experts and it leads to queues of expertise and inextricably leads to the violation of the principle of reasonableness of the terms of criminal proceedings. Thus it is proposed to give probative value to non-judicial expertise in a criminal case. To implement this proposal, and to avoid misunderstandings, it is necessary to amend clause 3 of part 2 of article 74 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation and clause 49 of article 5 of this code.