Legalization / Verification of civil status content, by the CSS

General information
Types of civil status acts that can be legalized
Categories of applicants
Required acts for the legalization
Terms, costs and place of legalization
Facilities
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General information

Documents legalization by civil status bodies is a verification of their legality, confirmed by the stamps applied on act verso, also by functionary’s signature, who is entitled to legalize.

Legalization of civil status acts is made on applicant’s request, by offices of civil status and Civil Status Service subdivisions, in order to use them outside the Republic of .

Legalization of civil status acts is exclusively the CSS competence.

Civil status acts issued by the Republic of competent bodies, don’t require an extra-legalization or an apostil and are recognized in the following countries:

members of Commonwealth of Independent States,
Latvia,
Lithuania,
Romania,
Czech Republic,
Slovak Republic. *

Multilingual extracts from birth, marriage and death acts issued by the Civil Status Service of the Republic of have legal effects without being extra-legalized, authenticated and translated in the following states: **

Germany Luxemburg Slovenia

Belgium Netherlands Croatia

Spain Portugal Macedonia

France Switzerland Bosnia and Herzegovina

Italy Turkey Serbia

Poland Montenegro

*Minsk Convention from 22.11.1993; Treaty signed in Riga on 14.04.1993; Treaty signed in Chisinau on 02.09.1993; Treaty signed in Chisinau on 06.07.1997; Treaty signed in Moscow on August 12, 1982.

** International Commission Convention of Civil Status nr. 16 signed in Vienna on 08.09.1976

Information related to the field of consular legalization can be provided by the Department of Consular Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, address: street Alexei Mateevici, 80, Chisinau MD2021, Republic of Directorate of Visa and Documents Legalization. Phone: (+37322) 20-10-52 Fax: (+37322) 23-22-25.

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Types of civil status acts that can be legalized

The following civil status acts may be legalized:

Civil status certificates or extracts from civil status acts registered in ;
Notices and other civil status acts, issued in limits of Civil Status Service competency.

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Categories of applicants

Services of civil status acts legalization are provided to the following categories of citizens:

Holder of civil status act;
Minor’s legal representative, person restricted in exercise capacity or disable, guardians or curators, representative of the protection authority);
Representative stipulated by contract (authorized by a warrant, proxy).

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Required acts for the legalization

To require the legalization of civil status act shall be presented the following documents:

settled model of request ;
applicants identity card;
proof of empowerment representation (to confirm the degree of relationship; proxy, the warrant, admission service that confirms the representation of protection authority or other authority ).
act for legalization
payment fee of settled taxes.

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Terms, costs and place of issue*

In case of requesting the civil status act at the Civil Status Service subdivision the legalization is free of charge, with the condition to present the respective document within 1 month from the issue date. After the mentioned deadline for legalization taxes will be paid in accordance with the general procedure.

Terms	Cost
Ordinary:
2 months	free of charge
Emergency:
30 days	20 lei
15 days	60 lei
5 days	100 lei
24 hours	160 lei
1 hour	200 lei

The service can be requested:

at the Directorate of the audience and documents issuing of Civil Status Service on the – street Mihail Kogîlniceanu, 58/A.

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Facilities*

Are exempt from the tariffs the following persons:

disabled of I, II and III group;
participants in the Second World War;
pensioners of age;
parents who have 3 and more children;
orphaned children;
participants in the liquidation of the consequences of the damage from Cernobyl;
citizens of the Republic of that participated in armed conflicts for the Republic of interest - 50 % of the total cost of service.
To citizens who repeat the requesting to be issued death certificate on behalf of repressed relatives and subsequently rehabilitated or to be substituted those issued previously

*. In accordance with Annex no. 3 at Classification and charges for services rendered by the Civil Status Service and offices of civil status (approved by Government Decision no. 738 of 20.06.2008 and published in the Official Gazette no. 112-114 of 27.06.2008) and the Law of state tax nr. 1216-XII of 03.12.1992 (published in the Official Gazette no. 12/359 of 30.12.1992 and republished in the Official Gazette 53-55 of 02.04.2004).

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