Looking for a Brisbane Notary Public without travelling into Brisbane City?

Notary Services Queensland are based in the Brisbane South area of Springwood are easily accessible via the MI

In short if you need a document to be witnessed or certified for use overseas then you need the services of a Notary Public.  Commissioners of Declarations, Justices of the Peace and solicitors cannot fulfill the function of a Notary Public. 

  LEGALISATION AND APOSTILLE CERTIFICATES

In most cases following a Notarial act (see Notary Services) your document/s will have to be either legalised or you will need to obtain an Apostille Certificate in order for the documents to have full legal effect in the country they are to be accepted in.

Apostille

The Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (Hague Apostille Convention) facilitates the circulation of public documents executed in a member State to the Convention and to be produced in another member State to the Convention. The Convention does so by replacing the cumbersome and often costly formalities of a full legalisation process with the issue of an Apostille (also called Apostille Certificate or Certificate). The Hague Apostille Convention only applies as between States who are parties to the Convention.

Click here to view the official format of an Apostille Certificate.

Legalisation

Where a country is not a member of the Convention an Authentication will have to be obtained from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Australian Embassies, High Commissions, Consulates and/or Consulate-General’s offices.  You should make enquiries with the country where the document is to be used to ascertain the steps involved in legalisation for that particular country.  We can give you advice in that regard.