Attestation services in Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is bound by the Convention on the abolition of the requirement of higher authentication of foreign public documents ( attestation services). This Convention applies to public documents that were drawn up in the territory of one Contracting State and are to be presented in the territory of another Contracting State.

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Higher authentication ( superlegalization)

The subject of the higher authentication ( supelagalization) is the credibility of the signature, the functions of the person who signed the document, and the authenticity of the seal or stamp impression on the document. Higher authentication ( superlegalization) is also carried out for the expert and translation clauses. Higher authentication does not verify the content or truthfulness of the content of a public document, expert opinion or translation. If the document has an imprint of an official stamp and the signature of an official or if the document contains a clause with an imprint of an official stamp and the signature of an official, it is subject to higher authentication.

Forms of higher authentication of public judicial documents.

1. APOSTILLE

In relation to the states that are parties to the Convention on the Abolition of the Requirement of Higher Authentication of Foreign Public Documents (ID No. 213/2002 Coll.) and which are listed below, the regional court or the Ministry of Justice will issue a certificate – the so-called apostille

A public document with an apostille can be used without further authentication in any contracting state of the convention and before any of its authorities.

The regional court or the Ministry of Justice places an apostille only on the document mentioned in point II. of the article of the Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic (judicial public documents) according to the jurisdiction stated there.

APOSTILLE IS ISSUED IF THE PUBLIC DOCUMENT IS TO BE USED IN ONE OF THESE STATES:

Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Belarus, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Black Hora, Chile, China (Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Units only), Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Fiji, Philippines, Finland, France, Greece, Grenada, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Netherlands, Honduras, Croatia , India, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Republic of South Africa, Republic of Cape Verde, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Colombia, Cook Islands, Korea (South), Costa Rica, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malawi, Malta , Morocco, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Namibia, Germany, Nicaragua, Niue, Norway, New Zealand, Oman, Palau (from 23.06.2020), Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Austria , Romania, Russian Federation, Salvad or Samoa, San Marino, North Macedonia, Seychelles, Slovenia, United States of America, Serbia, Suriname, Swaziland, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Thomas and Princip island, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Italy, Tajikistan, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Great Britain, Vanuatu, Venezuela.*

2. SUPERLEGALIZATION

If the Slovak public document is to be used in a country that is not listed in point A. above, a higher consular authentication ( superlegalization) is required.