Citizens of the Republic of Moldova who registered civil status documents with the competent bodies of foreign countries have the obligation to declare their transcription within six months of their return to the country or of the receipt from abroad of the civil status certificate or of the copy or extract of the civil status document. Official documents issued by the authorities of other states are recognized in the Republic of Moldova only if they are superlegalized (have consular legalization) or apostilled and translated, unless otherwise established by a treaty, convention or agreement to which the Republic of Moldova is a party, IPN reports.
The Public Services Agency (PSA) noted that on the territory of the Republic of Moldova, the multilingual extracts from birth, marriage and death certificates issued by the competent bodies of the Republic of Turkey, the Republic of Estonia, the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, Romania are recognized without being superlegalized or apostilled.
Also, in Moldova, the documents issued by the member states of the Convention on Legal Aid and Legal Relations in Civil, Family and Criminal Matters - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan - are recognized without being superlegalized or apostilled:
The documents of the states with which the Republic of Moldova concluded bilateral treaties, including by succession, such as Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Hungary, and Georgia, are also recognized without being superlegalized or apostilled.
Documents concerning civil status actions, produced under the conditions of the legislation of foreign states and which are confirmed by official documents, issued by foreign religious, notarial or private authorities, are not subject to the transcription procedure.
