In China, notarization means Government Authorized Notary Department prove the truthfulness and legality of particular document appointed to applicant request. The Notarization Law of the People’s Republic of China, adopted at the 17th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China on August 28, 2005, is hereby promulgated and shall go into effect as of March 1, 2006.
Purpose of notarization
The main purpose for notarization is to get a document to be legalized outside its issued country, by doing notarization, other country will accept it is a legal documents or license. The notarization normally needs to be chopped by the issued country related department then bring the chopped document to get approve to the embassy of the country you want the document to be legal in, and get their signature or chop. While some countries have special notarized arrangement under international agreement, only document issued country reorganization will make the document legal oversea.
Notarization is recognition of a foreign document by a foreign affair department. The foreign affair department officer will stamp or sign on the document to prove its truth. After getting through the notarization, the document will then become legalized in the specified country of the foreign affair department.
What can be notarized
There are many document can be notarized by the embassy such as company incorporation documents, business registration documents and identity documents, those notarized documents can be used on business, investment, loan, property, mortgage and trading. A well-notarized document can you to start business oversea, study aboard, marry abroad, and get inheritor identity. Notarization helps applicant to make their document legalized oversea.
Useful Tips
(1) A document from your home country to be used in your home country requires notarization in your home country;
(2) A document from one country to be used in another country like China requires authentication;
(3) A document from China that will be used in China requires China’s notarization.
Getting a document notarized in China may seem like a complicated matter. There are a number of different reasons you may need a document notarized while you’re in China. This may seem like a trivial matter, but the truth is that the purpose of the notarization will have a big impact on determining exactly what you need.
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