PaxPacis

Hello everyone in this wonderful Italian forum,
I have a document in English which I need to sign, and have countersigned and stamped by an Italian notary. The notary's stamp and signature are to verify my own identity and signature. The notary I spoke to told me that he cannot verify my signature nor stamp the document because the document is in a language OTHER than Italian. He said that by law, Italian notaries cannot sign or stamp anything if it is in a foreign language.
Has anyone in this forum being in this situation? How did you get around it?

Many thanks in advance for any answer.

modicasa

Yes, thats true. You an get a signature and identity notarised, but it will be in Italian. There is no getting around it. Get it done in Italian and then a legal translation and legalisation for the UK/US. or if you can find a blingual notary who will do it in Italian and English then you're ok.

philat98

Write an email to this lawyer in Rome and see if they can help.
Oliver & Partners -

PaxPacis

Thank you both for your answers, much appreciated! Nothing is straightforward in Italy

Plan B

Here is a link, from the U.K. Government, of approved English-speaking notaries through-out Italy; with luck, you'll find one near you. We were able to use a very helpful one during our application for an HSBC account (unsuccessful, because HSBC just have not been contactable since!).

PaxPacis

Super! This is a very useful list, to keep also for future reference. Many thanks, Plan B.