FEDERAL LAW OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

of June 22, 2024 No. 145-FZ

About legalization of the Russian and foreign official documents and about reclamation of personal papers

Accepted by the State Duma on June 11, 2024

Approved by the Federation Council on June 19, 2024

Article 1. Subject of regulation of this Federal Law

This Federal Law governs the relations arising in connection with legalization of the Russian official documents which are subject to export from the Russian Federation and intended for representation outside the territory of the Russian Federation, foreign official documents intended for import to the Russian Federation and representations in the territory of the Russian Federation and also the relations arising in connection with reclamation of personal papers of citizens of the Russian Federation, foreign citizens and stateless persons (further - personal papers) from the Russian Federation and from the territories of foreign states.

Article 2. The basic concepts used in this Federal Law

In this Federal Law the following basic concepts are used:

1) the Russian official documents - the documents issued in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation by the federal executive bodies, territorial authorities of federal executive bodies, federal courts and magistrate judges of subjects of the Russian Federation, bodies of prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation, executive bodies of subjects of the Russian Federation, local government bodies, the public and local government offices, the organizations performing educational activities and also the documents processed by notaries of the Russian Federation when making notarial actions or the other persons having the right to make notarial actions, and the documents issued by the multipurpose centers of provision of the state and municipal services;

2) foreign official documents - the documents constituted with participation of officials of competent authorities of foreign states or from them outgoing and also the documents processed by notaries in the territories of foreign states when making notarial actions or the other persons having the right to make notarial actions according to the legislation of foreign state. For the purposes of this Federal Law the foreign official documents constituted by officials of diplomatic representations or consular establishments of foreign states in the Russian Federation are understood as documents on lack of the circumstances interfering marriage by the citizen of the represented state and also documents on availability (absence) of criminal record and the facts of attraction to criminal and other liability in the territory of the represented state;

3) legalization of the Russian official document - the procedure providing the authentication of the signature, the power of the person which signed the Russian official document and also authenticity of seal or stamp which fasten the Russian official document submitted on legalization;

4) legalization of the foreign official document - the procedure providing the authentication of the signature, power of the foreign official performing according to the legislation of the corresponding foreign state of function of confirmation of authenticity of the signature, power of the foreign official who signed the foreign official document and also authenticity of seal or stamp which fasten the foreign official document submitted on legalization;

5) legalization of the foreign official document constituted by the official of diplomatic representation or consular establishment of foreign state in the Russian Federation - the procedure providing the authentication of the signature, power of the official of diplomatic representation or consular establishment of the foreign state in the Russian Federation which signed the foreign official document and also authenticity of seal or stamp which fasten the foreign official document submitted on legalization;

6) legalizatsionny mark - the stamp which is put down on the Russian or foreign official document or on the single sheet fastened to this Russian or foreign official document and confirms legalization of this Russian or foreign official document.

Article 3. Normative legal regulation of the relations in the sphere of legalization of official documents and reclamations of personal papers

The relations arising in connection with legalization of the Russian official documents, foreign official documents and also with reclamation of personal papers from the Russian Federation and from the territories of foreign states, are regulated by international treaties of the Russian Federation, this Federal Law, other Federal Laws, presidential decrees of the Russian Federation, other regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation.

Article 4. Legalization of the Russian official documents

1. Legalization of the Russian official documents is performed by the federal executive body knowing questions of foreign affairs, and its territorial authorities - representations in the territory of the Russian Federation in cases if such Russian official documents are intended for representation in the territories of foreign states which are not participants of the international treaties of the Russian Federation canceling the requirement of legalization of documents.

2. Legalization of notarial documents is performed after confirmation of authenticity of the signature of the notary and print of its seal by the federal executive body performing functions on development and realization of state policy and normative legal regulation in the sphere of justice or its territorial authority.

3. The procedure for legalization of the Russian official documents, the application form about legalizations of the Russian official document, procedure for submission of such statement, including through the multipurpose center of provision of the state and municipal services, term of consideration of such statement, the list of the bases for refusal in acceptance of the Russian official documents submitted on legalization, the list of the bases for refusal in legalization of the Russian official documents, and also form of legalizatsionny mark and procedure for issue of legalized Russian official documents are established by the federal executive body knowing questions of foreign affairs.

4. Legalization electronically of the Russian official documents, including submission electronically of statements for legalization of the Russian official documents, and legalization of the Russian official documents created electronically are not performed.

Article 5. Legalization of foreign official documents

1. The foreign official documents intended for representation in the territory of the Russian Federation shall be legalized if other is not provided by the international treaty of the Russian Federation, the Federal Law, the presidential decree of the Russian Federation or other regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation.

2. Provisions of part of 1 this Article do not extend to the identity documents of foreign citizens and stateless persons issued by competent authorities of foreign states and recognized by the Russian Federation in this quality.

3. Legalization of foreign official documents in the territories of foreign states is performed by consular officials.

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