Multilingual extracts from civil status records shall be issued only to those persons who are entitled to obtain verbatim copies. Such extracts shall be issued under the Convention on the issue of multilingual extracts from civil status records, signed at…

The power of attorney is a unilateral document by which one person, called the principal, empowers another person, called the agent, to act on his behalf and on his own. The power of attorney is issued by a notary. The…

The Brussels Convention, signed at 25 May 1987, provides for the abolition of legalisation of documents in the member States of the European Communities (ratified in Italy by Law n. 106, of 24 May 1990). The abolition of legalisation gives…

The member States of the Council of Europe concluded the European Convention on the Abolition of Legalisation of Documents executed by Diplomatic Agents or Consular Officers. The Convention has been signed at London, on 7th June 1968 and was approved…

The certificate entitled “Apostille” is a simplified form of legalisation and consists in the proof of the legal status of public official who signed the act and the authenticity of the seal or stamp. Apostilles can only be issued for…

The Apostille is affixed to public documents, such as: documents emanating from an authority or an official connected with the courts or tribunals of the State, including those emanating from a public prosecutor or a clerk of a court; administrative…