Notaries may assist you with the following legal matters:
Certification of signature authenticity
If you need an official certification of your handwritten signature on a document drafted by you (e.g. power of attorney, authorization to use a vehicle, and/ or a consent related to parental custody rights), you should contact a notary.
Please note that if a document concerned is to be used abroad, you should make sure that its content will be accepted in the country of destination.
Certification of a true copy of the original document submitted to a notary
If you need an official certification that a document and/or excerpt concerned is a true copy of the original document submitted, you should contact a notary. In most cases, notaries can produce such certifications within a short period of time or even immediately upon request.
Certification that a person concerned is alive or at a particular location
If in your current circumstances (e.g. matters related to social insurance), you need an official certification that a person concerned (e.g. yourself) is alive or at a particular location, such certification can be obtained with a notary if the person concerned appears in his or her office or if the notary ascertains this fact outside of his or her office.
Acquisition of immovable property (a parcel, flat or a house)
Under Polish law, in order to acquire ownership of real property and/or perpetual usufruct or a cooperative ownership right to a flat, with these two having the similar function as the ownership right, a relevant agreement needs to be concluded in the form of a notarial deed. Consequently, if you plan to acquire ownership of immovable property or the said rights, it is absolutely necessary to abide by all formalities with a notary, as the failure to observe the form renders the agreement invalid.
A notary of your choice will provide you with detailed information concerning the formalities and documents which are required to buy a parcel, flat or a house, once he or she has read the documents concerning the object to be acquired.
Please note that if you are not a Polish national, in some situations you may be required to apply for the decision of the Polish Minister of the Interior permitting to acquire immovable property and/ or perpetual usufruct.
Actions related to lease of real property
If you would like to rent a flat, a lessor may require the conclusion of an agreement known as the occasional lease agreement. This is a type of a lease agreement concluded for a definite period of time of up to ten years and is intended for lessors who do not carry out business activity. Such agreements facilitate some procedural aspects owed to lessors and related to the obligation to return the rented premises once the lease relationship has ceased. This means that if you decide to sign the occasional lease agreement, you will be required to deliver a declaration of submitting to enforcement procedure in respect of the future obligation to vacate and hand over the premises rented under the agreement. The said declaration of submitting to enforcement procedure has to be received by a notary and take the form of a notarial deed.
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Please note that if you don’t speak Polish, a sworn translator has to provide the interpretation from and into the Polish language in the course of the notarial procedures.
The notary will provide you with detailed information concerning the actions to be carried out. Note that all information and explanations concerning an action to be performed are provided by notaries free of charge. Relevant fees are charged only once the action has been performed (i.e. a notary fee regulated by the Ordinance on Maximum Rates of Notarial Fees), including other charges due for the actions performed (taxes, court fees).
To make an appointment with a notary, you should contact one of the notary offices of your choice. List of offices is available here. As a rule, notarial actions are performed in a notary’s office. If the nature of a notarial action or specific circumstances so justify, some actions may be performed by a notary outside of his or her office.
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