Verification and Certification

Each notary office may verify your signature (legalization) or verify the conformity of a copy with the original document (vidimus). Whereas for legalization, you must be there in person and present the notary with a valid identification card, verification that a document is a true copy of the original can be requested by anyone. The law prohibits the verification of certain documents.

If you require a certified copy in another country, the verification must be made by the notary themselves or by their resident representative. Furthermore, a higher degree of authentication (apostille) is also required and is provided by the International Department of the Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic, located at Na Děkance 3, 128 10, Prague 2.

In the Czech Republic, notaries perform a notarial activity, provide legal assistance, perform property administration, and perform other activities for which they are entitled compensation the amount of which, as well as the manner in which it is established, is governed by the provisions of the Decree No. 196/2001 Coll., as amended. The amount of notary's remuneration shall be determined in accordance with the compensation rate per act or total of acts concerning the notary's activity determined by a fixed amount or as a percentage of a tariff rate, whereas the value of the subject of the act serves as the tariff value (e.g. the usual price of a thing, the price of transferred property, the amount of a claim, etc.). Due to a complex calculation of the compensation for the notary's activity, the potential applicants / clients are recommended to address their possible inquiries directly to the notary having the sufficient knowledge of the relevant language.

Notary fee for verification and certification (notary tariff)