On August 14, 2016, Brazil and Morocco have joint the 111 Convention States Parties.
The Apostille Convention (also known as Apostille Treaty of Hague Convention), abolishes the requirement of diplomatic or consular legalization for foreign public documents.
Thus, it replaces the legalization formalities process (chain certification) with the mere issuance of an Apostille. The Convention applies only to public documents. These are documents emanating from an authority or official connected with a court or tribunal of the State, administrative documents, notarial acts, and official certificates which are placed on documents signed by persons in their private capacity, such as official certificates recording the registration of a document or the fact that it was in existence on a certain date and official and notarial authentications of signatures.
The Apostille facilitates the circulation of public documents which emanate from one country party and that must be used in another one (also country party).
Signed on October 5 1961, 111 countries are parties to the Convention so far, including Argentina. For Brazil and Morocco it entered into force on August 14, 2016.
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