In order to comply faithfully with the object and spirit of the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, which is the Law of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela from May 5, 1998 (Official Gazette N ° 36 446 ), ANY PUBLIC DOCUMENT FROM A SIGNATORY COUNTRY OF SUCH CONVENTION MUST, STATUTORY, PRESENT THE APOSTILLE SEAL that may not, in consequence, be replaced by the act of legalization of signature, realized by a diplomatic or consular authority.
Authentication / Legalizations
Since the 16 th of March 1999, Venezuela has formed part of the AGREEMENT TO ABOLISH THE REQUIREMENT ON FOREIGN PUBLIC DOCUMENTS DRAWN UP IN THE HAGUE FROM BEING AUTHENTICATED, of the 5 th of October 1961. As a result, such Agreement will be applied to every public document which has been authorized in the Republic of Turkey and that must be presented in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
For the purposes of this agreement, the documents considered as public are:
Documents emanating from an authority or a government employee linked to State Courts or Tribunals, including those coming from the Public Ministry, or from a secretary, an officer or a judicial agent.
Administrative documents.
Documents that are required to be registered.
Official certificates that have been put on private documents, such as registry entries, verification of the accuracy of a date and official authentication and registration of signatures.
However this agrement will NOT apply to:
Documents issued by diplomatic or consular agents
Administrative documents directly related to a commercial or to customs operation.
