Services

of the municipal administration Konz

Certification of documents or signatures

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  • service description

    Documents (copies, copies, negatives, electronic documents and printouts of electronic documents) as well as signatures and initials can be certified. First of all, a distinction must be made between official and public authentication.

    Official certification is based on the State Administrative Procedures Act in conjunction with the Federal Administrative Procedures Act (VwVfG) and only refers to documents whose originals were issued by an authority or whose copies are required for submission to an authority (if the issue of certified copies is official registers and archives is not reserved exclusively for other authorities). A signature or a hand sign can also be officially certified if the signed document is required for submission to an authority or other body to which it is to be submitted on the basis of a legal regulation.

    The legal basis for public certification of signatures is the Civil Code. Public certification of a signature is only permitted in cases prescribed by law.

  • What documents are required?

    You need the document to be certified and the original.

    When certifying signatures or initials, proof of identity (e.g. identity card or passport) and the document on which the signature or initials are to be authenticated must be brought along.

  • What fees apply?

    Certifications are generally subject to a fee. The competent authority will provide information about the amount of the fee.

    Special information for - Verbandsgemeinde Konz

    Per certification note attached: €2.50
    Official certification of signature: €2.50
    Public certification of signature: €15.00

  • legal basis

  • What else should I know?

    An official certification is not sufficient,

    • if a public notarization or a public authentication (by notaries, courts or certain authorities, e.g. the youth welfare office) is required, or
    • if the exclusive responsibility of a specific authority is given (e.g. civil status documents only from the registry office, excerpts from the real estate cadastre only from the surveying and cadastral authorities).

Who shall I talk to?

Official certifications:

Official certifications can be carried out by local mayors, heads of districts, municipal administrations, administrations of independent municipalities, cities that are not part of a district and large districts, district administrations, the structure and approval directorates, the supervisory and service directorate, the directors and presidents of the courts, the public prosecutor's offices and general public prosecutor's offices, the prisons, the supreme state authorities, the state's direct statutory health insurance companies and, within the scope of their material responsibility, all other authorities.

Public certification of signatures:

Public certification of signatures according to the Civil Code can be carried out not only by notaries, but also by local mayors, mayors, municipal administrations, administrations of municipalities that are not associated with a district, cities that are not part of a district and large cities that belong to a district, and district administrations.

Special information for - Verbandsgemeinde Konz

Signatures on travel authorizations for children traveling alone

  • Signatures on travel authorizations for children who are not traveling with their parents can no longer be authenticated by the Citizens’ Registration Office
  • These signatures must be certified by a notary

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