Verification of the authenticity of a signature on a document – legalisation

Where you can sort this out

Příbram Town Hall, Civil Affairs Department, Registry Office

Other necessary documents, information, etc.

• the document on which the signature is to be certified, or on which the signature is to be acknowledged as genuine,
• an identity card or travel document, if you are a Czech citizen,
• a residence permit, travel document or identity card of an EU Member State citizen, if you are a foreign national, 
• an asylum seeker’s card, in the case of a person who has applied for asylum,
• a residence permit for an asylum seeker, in the case of a person who has been granted asylum,
• a temporary protection applicant’s card, in the case of a person who has applied for temporary protection; or a temporary protection holder’s card, in the case of a person who has been granted temporary protection.

Basic information

The authorised officer verifies that the individual has signed the document in their presence or has acknowledged before them that the signature already appearing on the document is their own.

Time limit for processing

Immediately.

Who is entitled to submit an application, notification, etc.

Any natural person.

Legislation governing the procedure

• Act No. 21/2006 Coll., on the certification of conformity of transcripts or copies with the original document and the certification of the authenticity of signatures,
• Act No. 634/2004 Coll., on administrative fees,
• Act No. 500/2004 Coll., the Code of Administrative Procedure,
• Decree No. 36/2006 Coll., on the verification of the conformity of transcriptions or copies with the original document and on the verification of signatures.

Administrative (or other) fee

The administrative fee is 50 CZK for each certified signature (holders of ZTP and ZTP/P cards are exempt from the fee for signature certification).