Bolivia joins the Apostille Convention

By Orpan

On August 2 Bolivian President Evo Morales enacted Law Nº967 that ratifies Bolivia´s joining to the Apostille Convention, a simplified method to legalize documents to verify their authenticity in the field of private international law.

"I want to share the satisfaction of enacting this law that authorizes Bolivia's accession to the Apostille Convention, an international agreement that simplifies the legalization of documents for its international validity", Morales said during a ceremony held at the Government Palace. "I want to emphasize the importance of this law because it shows our decision to reduce State bureaucracy and contributes to the transparency of public administration", he added.

The Apostille Convention is an international treaty signed in 1961 in The Hague, that specifies the modalities through which a document issued in one of its 113 signatory countries can be certified for legal purposes in all the other signatory states. Four types of documents are mentioned in the convention: court documents, administrative documents, notarial acts, official certificates which are placed on documents signed by persons in their private capacity.