APOSTILLE

or Apostille Authentication may be required for many documents including but not limited to the following examples of some types of documents:

Apostilled Passport
Apostilled Certificate of Non-Impediment or Certificate of Freedom to Marry
Apostilled Court Documents
Apostilled Birth Certificate
Apostilled Doctors and Dentists Examination or Records
Apostilled Education Diplomas or Degrees
Apostilled Change of Name
Apostilled Confirmation of Marital or Non-Marital Status
Apostilled Marriage Certificate
Apostilled Divorce Judgment
Apostilled Trust Instrument
Apostilled Membership
Apostilled Articles of Incorporation of a Corporation
Apostilled Articles of Organization of a Limited Liability Company
Apostilled Minutes of a Corporation
Apostilled Minutes of a Limited Liability Company
Apostilled By-Laws of a Corporation
Apostilled Regulations of a Limited Liability Company
Apostilled Certificate of Accuracy for Translated documents
Apostilled Business Agreements
Apostilled Non-Business Agreements
Apostilled Certificate of Good Standing of a Corporation
Apostilled Certificate of Good Standing of a Limited Liability Company
Apostilled Statutory Documents

At Spiegel & Utrera, P.A., we also have Independent Contractors available to offer translations to and from many languages, supported by a notarial “Certificate of Accuracy” which then subsequently can be apostilled. Please call Spiegel & Utrera, P.A. for details or to discuss any of your translation requirements in the USA, Canada and Mexico at (800) 603-3900, ext. 208 and from anywhere +3058546000, ext. 208.

Notarization is a formality often required for documents which are to be used overseas, or for certifying document copies. Once a document has been notarized by a Notary Public, and if it is to be used overseas, it may need to be apostilled. This means that the Notary’s signature and seal are certified by the Government. The Government will then attach an apostille to the document. Once a document has been notarized and apostilled, it then may need to be authenticated by the Consulate of the country in which it will be used, if the country is not party to the Hague Convention.

Apostille is also a French word which means a certification. It is commonly used in English to refer to the legalizing of a document for international use under the terms of the 1961 Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalizing for Foreign Public Documents. Documents which have been notarized by a notary public, and certain other documents, and then certified with an appropriate apostille are accepted for legal use in all the nations that have signed the Hague Convention. In countries which are not signatories to the 1961 convention and do not recognize the apostille, a foreign public document must be legalized by a consular officer of the country from which the document is issued.

Result of the Hague Convention: The Hague convention abolishes the requirement of diplomatic and consular legalization for public documents originating in one Convention country and intended for use in another. Documents issued in a Convention country which have been certified by a Convention apostille are entitled to recognition in any other Convention country without any further authentication. Such recognition is an obligation on the part of any country in the convention to the other countries party to the Convention.

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