Power of Attorney / Legalization or Apostille?

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Power of Attorney / Legalization or Apostille? A document issues outside of Georgia need legalization or Apostilling.  Legalizing/apostilling a document means certifying the authenticity of a signature, powers of a signatory, seal, or stamp of the document.

Apostilling a document is a single-stage procedure and implies the authentication of a document by one specific agency alone. An apostilled document can be used in the territory of any state that is a party to The Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 on Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents

In contrast to apostilling, legalization is a long procedure which involves several entities. In the process of legalization, a document shall be legalized by a consular department of a recipient country (consular legalization), following which the document can be used in this particular foreign country alone.

Legalization is required for those states which are not parties to The Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 on Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents.

You can contact our Company Formation Georgia lawyers for in-depth assistance on how they can make the POA/Apostille or Legalization according to your current location.