This matter is addressed by the use of the apostille, a means of certifying the legalization of a document for international use under the terms of the 1961 Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents. Documents which have been notarized by a notary public, and certain other documents, and then certified with a conformant apostille, are accepted for legal use in all the nations that have signed the Hague Convention.
This issue is handled by the use of the apostille, a method of verifying the legitimacy of a document for global utilization in accordance with the 1961 Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents. Documents that have been authenticated by a notary public and subsequently certified with an apostille conforming to the convention are accepted for legal use in all countries that have ratified the treaty.