According to § 1 of Act VIII of 2008, as of 1 September 2008 the legalization of public documents issued (authenticated) by civil law notaries which are intended for use abroad and the issuing of Apostille for such public documents is done the Hungarian National Chamber of Civil Law Notaries.
The Hungarian National Chamber of Civil Law Notaries is issuing the legalization or the Apostille for the following public documents:
1. public documents bearing the signature and stamp of a Hungarian civil law notary,
2. authentic copies of an aforementioned public document issued by a notarial archivist,
3. authentic translations of public documents bearing the signature and stamp of a Hungarian civil law notary or authentic translations of authentic copies of notarial documents issued by a notarial archivist (for the list of persons and institutions authorized to issue authentic translations please refer to our info sheet)
The fee of legalization or Apostille issued by the Hungarian National Chamber of Civil Law Notaries is HUF 5000 per signature of the civil law notary or the translator which shall be paid by way of:
a. bank transfer to the bank account of the Hungarian National Chamber of Civil Law Notaries, account number: 10918001-00000007-15030116 (in case of bank transfer from abroad – IBAN number: HU35 10918001-00000007-15030116, Swift Code: BACXHUHB); the currency of the bank transfer must be Hungarian Forint, otherwise the payment cannot be accepted;
b. postal cash transfer (so called „yellow check” which is available at the office of the Hungarian National Chamber of Civil Law Notaries);
c. credit or debit card payment.
The fee CANNOT be paid by way of inland money order (so called „pink check”).
The payment of the fee shall be confirmed upon submitting the application for the issue of legalization or Apostille with the daily bank account proving the bank transfer or with the counterfoil of the postal cash transfer.
The application for the issue of legalization or Apostille can be submitted personally or by a representative at the office of the Hungarian National Chamber of Civil Law Notaries (1087 Budapest, Stróbl Alajos utca 3/b. ) during office hours (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday – 9-12, Tuesday – 9-12 and 13-16).
The personal data of the applicant or of the representative provided on the application form will be verified by way of checking the ID card or passport by the administrator of the Hungarian National Chamber of Civil Law Notaries.
The application for the issue of legalization or Apostille can be submitted via post as well (postal address: 1535 Budapest, Pf.: 839.). In this case the daily bank account proving the bank transfer or the counterfoil of the postal cash transfer proving the payment of the fee shall be attached to the application form and the applicant shall indicate the country in which he/she intends to use the public document.
The legalization or Apostille for public documents issued by courts or by the Ministry of Justice (IM Céginformációs és Elektronikus Cégeljárásban Közreműködő Szolgálata – company register) is issued by the Ministry of Justice.