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Poland in US

Legalisation

Legalisation is a certification that the document has been issued by a proper office - my means of legalisation the consul certifies the authenticity of a signature and stamp/seal of a foreign official. This allows you to use a foreign official document in Poland.

Legalisation applies to states non-members of the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents of 5 October 1961 (Journal of Laws of 2005, no. 112, item 938). Both Poland and USA, are parties to the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, signed in the Hague on 5 October 1961. 

If a foreign authority requires legalisation of a Polish document, please read the information available on Polish MFA website.

Legal basis

Konwencja znosząca wymóg legalizacji zagranicznych dokumentów urzędowych, sporządzona w Hadze dnia 5 października 1961 roku

Ustawa z dnia 25 czerwca 2015 r. Prawo konsularne

Ustawa z dnia 17 listopada 1964 roku Kodeks postępowania cywilnego 

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