Legal marginal note ('apostille') and legalization of documents in The Netherlands

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Here you will find exhaustive and up-to-date information on all aspects of obtaining 'apostilles' or legalizations of documents.

Here you can download a Word file containing the German, Dutch, French, English, Italian and Spanish versions of the apostille.